From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> Check for ENOTDIR before finishing open. This allows this code to be shared between O_CREAT and plain opens. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index d9b0eba..597e52d 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2387,6 +2387,9 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path, error = -EISDIR; if (S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode)) goto exit; + error = -ENOTDIR; + if ((nd->flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) && !nd->inode->i_op->lookup) + goto exit; ok: if (!S_ISREG(nd->inode->i_mode)) will_truncate = 0; -- 1.7.7 -- 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