On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 03:57:53PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been looking at permissions in procfs, and noticed that > directories are usually added with execute permission. > > As far as I know, there's nothing executable by default inside > procfs, and on top of that, many of the files there don't deal well > with being executed so it's easy to cause lockdep spews (one below). > > Is there a reason execute bit is set for directories?
Take any introductory textbook on Unix and read the chapter on permissions. Or say chmod a-x ~, if you prefer education by self-LART... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
