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Re: compat_linux: open: Supporting O_NOATIME
> Additionally, re. privilege check: Linux checks the privilege by
> ensuring process effective UID matches the file owner UID, or if the
> process has `CAP_FOWNER` [*]. On NetBSD, I presume we'd only do the
> first check?
I'd be inclined to replace the second part with "or is root" (I can't
recall how that's spelled these days), not just drop it.
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