On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 03:30:22PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > > Let's try this: before do_lookup() call there add > > if (*want_dir) > > nd->flags |= LOOKUP_DIRECTORY; > > Yes this fixes it!! > 2.6.34-rc2 plus above, now works, horay. (diff attached) > > > and see how does it behave. > > > > However, even if it does help, it doesn't explain everything. Normal > > open() on a directory without O_DIRECTORY if flags shouldn't fail with > > -EISDIR. How did that manage to avoid it all along? Does open() of directory _without_ O_DIRECTORY work in e.g. vanilla 2.6.33? It certainly does for local filesystems and it does for NFSv3; does it work for NFSv4? -- 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
