From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> This allows this code to be shared between O_CREAT and plain opens. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 597e52d..4fd802c 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2385,7 +2385,7 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path, if (error) return ERR_PTR(error); error = -EISDIR; - if (S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode)) + if ((open_flag & O_CREAT) && S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode)) goto exit; error = -ENOTDIR; if ((nd->flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) && !nd->inode->i_op->lookup) -- 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