linux-kernel - [PATCH] ecryptfs: lower root result must be adirectory

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Message-ID: <873b4rvsci.fsf@sw.ru>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:06:21 +0300
From:	Dmitriy Monakhov <dmonakhov@...ru>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ecryptfs: lower root result must be adirectory

patch against lastest mm tree.

- Currently after path_lookup succeed we dot't have any guarantie what
  it is DIR. This must be explicitly demanded.
- path_lookup can't return negative dentry, So inode check is useless.

Signed-off-by: Dmitriy Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>


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