linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #15909] open("a/",O_NOFOLLOW) fails with ELOOP if "a" is a symbolic link to a directory.

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:43:32 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@...il.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Marius Tolzmann <tolzmann@...gen.mpg.de>,
	Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
Subject: Re: [Bug #15909] open("a/",O_NOFOLLOW) fails with ELOOP if "a" is
 a symbolic link to a directory.

On Sun 13-06-10 16:48:58, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> of regressions introduced between 2.6.33 and 2.6.34.
> 
> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> introduced between 2.6.33 and 2.6.34.  Please verify if it still should
> be listed and let the tracking team know (either way).
> 
> 
> Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15909
> Subject		: open("a/",O_NOFOLLOW) fails with ELOOP if "a" is a symbolic link to a directory.
> Submitter	: Marius Tolzmann <tolzmann@...gen.mpg.de>
> Date		: 2010-05-05 13:01 (40 days old)
> Handled-By	: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
> 		  Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Patch		: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/99291/
  The fix went in shortly before 2.6.34 was released (commit
002baeecf53677d2034113e34197ec221f42e037). So everything should be fine.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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