open("a/",O_NOFOLLOW) fails with ELOOP if "a" is a symbolic link to a directory.
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From: Rafael J. Wysocki on 14 Jun 2010 10:20 On Monday, June 14, 2010, Jan Kara wrote: > On Sun 13-06-10 16:48:58, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > of regressions introduced between 2.6.33 and 2.6.34. > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > introduced between 2.6.33 and 2.6.34. Please verify if it still should > > be listed and let the tracking team know (either way). > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15909 > > Subject : open("a/",O_NOFOLLOW) fails with ELOOP if "a" is a symbolic link to a directory. > > Submitter : Marius Tolzmann <tolzmann(a)molgen.mpg.de> > > Date : 2010-05-05 13:01 (40 days old) > > Handled-By : OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi(a)mail.parknet.co.jp> > > Jan Kara <jack(a)suse.cz> > > Patch : https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/99291/ > The fix went in shortly before 2.6.34 was released (commit > 002baeecf53677d2034113e34197ec221f42e037). So everything should be fine. Thanks, closing. Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |