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authorMarcus Brinkmann <marcus@gnu.org>2001-10-29 23:24:54 +0000
committerMarcus Brinkmann <marcus@gnu.org>2001-10-29 23:24:54 +0000
commitb2067230354500e86d125c788c94238e78d95b03 (patch)
tree72559e22c9733385c59a6c51042416552306981a /libdiskfs
parent31dcf4789b00beee17dff2200271047f02f67104 (diff)
2001-10-30 Marcus Brinkmann <marcus@gnu.org>
* dir-lookup.c (diskfs_S_dir_lookup): When looking up the next pathname component, remove assertion for DS and allocate DS if 0. Allow creation of files through symlink with non-existant target. From Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>.
Diffstat (limited to 'libdiskfs')
-rw-r--r--libdiskfs/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--libdiskfs/dir-lookup.c11
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/libdiskfs/ChangeLog b/libdiskfs/ChangeLog
index c04e69a4..6125f417 100644
--- a/libdiskfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/libdiskfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2001-10-30 Marcus Brinkmann <marcus@gnu.org>
+
+ * dir-lookup.c (diskfs_S_dir_lookup): When looking up the next
+ pathname component, remove assertion for DS and allocate DS if 0.
+ Allow creation of files through symlink with non-existant target.
+ From Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>.
+
2001-10-11 Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>
* dir-renamed.c (diskfs_rename_dir): Fix bogus assert.
diff --git a/libdiskfs/dir-lookup.c b/libdiskfs/dir-lookup.c
index 402371d4..018b7503 100644
--- a/libdiskfs/dir-lookup.c
+++ b/libdiskfs/dir-lookup.c
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ diskfs_S_dir_lookup (struct protid *dircred,
/* diskfs_lookup the next pathname component */
if (lastcomp && create)
{
- assert (!ds);
- ds = alloca (diskfs_dirstat_size);
+ if (!ds)
+ ds = alloca (diskfs_dirstat_size);
error = diskfs_lookup (dnp, path, CREATE, &np, ds, dircred);
}
else
@@ -367,12 +367,7 @@ diskfs_S_dir_lookup (struct protid *dircred,
}
if (lastcomp)
- {
- lastcomp = 0;
- /* Symlinks to nonexistent files aren't allowed to cause
- creation, so clear the flag here. */
- create = 0;
- }
+ lastcomp = 0;
diskfs_nput (np);
np = 0;