On 19-09-2020 22:25, Al Viro wrote: > On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 05:17:27PM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > >> Lovely... That would get an empty path and non-directory for a starting >> point, but it should end up with LAST_ROOT in nd->last_type. Which should >> not be able to reach the readers of those fields... Which kernel had >> that been on? > Yecchhh... I see what's going on; I suspect that this ought to be enough. > Folks, could somebody test it on the original reproducer setup? Sure. I can do that. Thanks, Anant