[PATCH v20 1/6] exec: Add a new AT_CHECK flag to execveat(2)

[Mickaël Salaün]

On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 10:04:16PM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 08:44:17PM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> > Add a new AT_CHECK flag to execveat(2) to check if a file would be
> 
> Apologies for both bikeshedding and missing earlier discussions.
> 
> But AT_CHECK sounds quite generic.  How about AT_EXEC_CHECK, or
> AT_CHECK_EXEC_CREDS?  (I would suggest just AT_CHECK_CREDS since
> it's for use in execveat(2), but as it's an AT_ flag, it's
> probably worth being more precise).

As Amir pointed out, we need at least to use the AT_EXECVE_CHECK_
prefix, and I agree with the AT_EXECVE_CHECK name because it's about
checking the whole execve request, not sepcifically a "creds" part.