Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-42,: Re: Linux 2.1.125 doesn't dump core on SIGSEGV

# Re: Linux 2.1.125 doesn't dump core on SIGSEGV

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:10:04 +1300

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On Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 01:07:16AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:

> If you've done the same as I have, then it returns success upon
> opening s symlink, and then EINVAL when you try to write it.

my later patch I just sent addresses this.

> When O_NOFOLLOW is set, can we simply add a check for whether the
> resulting inode is a link, and then return failure if so?

yes... see my later patch.

-cw

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