Linus,
A small fix changing the error code from EACCES to ELOOP when someone
attempts to open a patch when the last component is a link.
This is consistent with FreeBSD and is arguably more logical (too
many linked encountered, and in the case of O_NOFOLLOW, this means >
0).
The original EACCES error is my fault, I jumped the gun a bit sending
you a patch with this is it before checking carefully what other
people do here. Sorry about that.
-Chris
--/04w6evG8XlLl3ft
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="2.1.126-ELOOP.patch"
--- fs/namei.c~ Mon Oct 26 13:39:15 1998
+++ fs/namei.c Mon Oct 26 14:45:41 1998
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
if (!inode)
goto exit;
- error = -EACCES;
+ error = -ELOOP; /* same as FreeBSD when using O_NOFOLLOW */
if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
goto exit;
--/04w6evG8XlLl3ft--
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