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>
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 961bc12..57ae9c8 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -689,8 +689,6 @@ 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)