vfs: don't BUG_ON() if following a /proc fd pseudo-symlink results in a symlink
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:03:07 +0000 (09:03 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:03:07 +0000 (09:03 -0800)
commit7b54c165a0c012edbaeaa73c5c87cb73721eb580
treec44ffe65534057860a73226d28dac1d4e6ea9ac7
parent47b3bc907328db968bc9b43c41f48f8d1e140750
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@redhat.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/namei.c