[PATCH] Re: test12-pre6

From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Re: test12-pre6
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 03:06:36 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0012060303540.14974-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012052318270.5786-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>

	truncate() and ftruncate() return values are different from the
POSIX requirements and from the values returned by other Unices (and from
our own manpages, BTW). Trivial fix follows. Rationale: see truncate(2),
ftruncate(2), POSIX or try to call the thing on other Unices.

	Please, apply.

diff -urN rc12-pre5/fs/open.c rc12-pre5-truncate/fs/open.c

--- rc12-pre5/fs/open.c	Wed Nov 29 21:37:31 2000
+++ rc12-pre5-truncate/fs/open.c	Tue Dec  5 14:53:59 2000
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@
 		goto out;
 	inode = nd.dentry->d_inode;
 
-	error = -EACCES;
+	/* For directories it's -EISDIR, for other non-regulars - -EINVAL */
+	error = -EISDIR;
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		goto dput_and_out;
+
+	error = -EINVAL;
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		goto dput_and_out;
 
@@ -163,7 +168,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	dentry = file->f_dentry;
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	error = -EACCES;
+	error = -EINVAL;
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || !(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		goto out_putf;
 	error = -EPERM;

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