commit: 7b54c165a0c012edbaeaa73c5c87cb73721eb580 From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:03:07 -0800 Subject: vfs: don't BUG_ON() if following a /proc fd pseudo-symlink results in a symlink It's "normal" - it can happen if the file descriptor you followed was opened with O_NOFOLLOW. Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 961bc12..57ae9c8 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -689,8 +689,6 @@ void nd_jump_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path) nd->path = *path; nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode; nd->flags |= LOOKUP_JUMPED; - - BUG_ON(nd->inode->i_op->follow_link); } static inline void put_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link, void *cookie) -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html