empty_path signals that if the pathname is an empty string then operate on the file referred to by the fd (which can refer to any type of file). If fd is not specified then the call operates on the current working directory.

no_automount signals that statx should not automount the basename component of the path if it is an automount point. This can be used in tools that scan directories to prevent mass-automounting of a directory of automount points.

symlink_nofollow signals that if the path is a symbolic link, then return information about the link itself.

statx_sync_as_stat is the filesystem-specific behaviour in response to stat calls.

statx_force_sync forces synchronisation with the server, if the filesystem is a network-backed one.

statx_dont_sync signals that locally cached timestamps are sufficient, if run on a network-backed filesystem.