On Jul 5 2007 15:43, Dave Hansen wrote: >@@ -1911,13 +1911,27 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mknodat(int dfd, con > error = do_path_lookup(dfd, tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd); > if (error) > goto out; >+ > dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0); > error = PTR_ERR(dentry); >+ if (error) >+ goto out_unlock; > > if (!IS_POSIXACL(nd.dentry->d_inode)) > mode &= ~current->fs->umask; >- if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) { >- switch (mode & S_IFMT) { >+ if (S_ISDIR(mode)) { >+ error = -EPERM; >+ goto out_dput; Hm, I wonder why mknod(,S_IFDIR,) returns -EPERM rather than -EINVAL like the others? It is a bit misleading; EPERM usually means root could do it somehow (unless the kernel is really pedantic). IMHO this if(S_ISDIR) should go. >+ if (!S_ISREG(mode) && !S_ISCHR(mode) && !S_ISBLK(mode) && >+ !S_ISFIFO(mode) && !S_ISSOCK(mode) && (mode != 0)) { If you align the two &&s (^) you can also align ^ the others :) >+ error = -EINVAL; >+ goto out_dput; >+ } Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html