This is a prototype of a real fix for a longstanding issue. See patch 2 for the full descripton. Andy Lutomirski (2): fs,proc: Pass nameidata to proc_get_link implementations fs,proc: Respect FMODE_WRITE when opening /proc/pid/fd/N fs/namei.c | 3 +++ fs/proc/base.c | 13 ++++++++----- fs/proc/fd.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++---- fs/proc/internal.h | 3 ++- include/linux/namei.h | 1 + 5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) -- 1.9.0 -- 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