Let's optimize things, and let the kernel chase the paths if none of the
features chase_symlinks() offers are actually used.
if (noop_root(original_root))
original_root = NULL;
+ if (!original_root && !ret && (flags & (CHASE_NONEXISTENT|CHASE_NO_AUTOFS|CHASE_SAFE|CHASE_OPEN)) == CHASE_OPEN) {
+ /* Shortcut the CHASE_OPEN case if the caller isn't interested in the actual path and has no root set
+ * and doesn't care about any of the other special features we provide either. */
+ r = open(path, O_PATH|O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ return r;
+ }
+
if (original_root) {
r = path_make_absolute_cwd(original_root, &root);
if (r < 0)