Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262177AbTFXOkM (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:40:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262368AbTFXOkM (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:40:12 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:51632 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262177AbTFXOkK (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:40:10 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 15:54:18 +0100 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Mike Waychison Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.72: follow_mount / follow_link Message-ID: <20030624145418.GP6754@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <3EF86337.1020103@sun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EF86337.1020103@sun.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 590 Lines: 12 On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 10:41:59AM -0400, Mike Waychison wrote: > The changes made in fs/namei.c@1.42 break this behaviour iff the dentry > being follow_link'ed is a root dentry. This is becauseo ... mixing symlinks and mounting is ripe with very ugly races and corner cases. Not allowed - symlink can't be a mountpoint or a mounted object. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/