3.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 7b54c165a0c012edbaeaa73c5c87cb73721eb580 upstream. 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> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -693,8 +693,6 @@ void nd_jump_link(struct nameidata *nd, 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) -- 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