Re: [PATCH nfsd] ignore chmod calls on symlinks

[Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 08:46:55AM -0400, Peter Staubach wrote:
> >I submitted this before - this is a somewhat cosmetic fix to
> >keep the SpecFS validation test from complaining.
> >
> 
> It seems to me that this test could/should considered to be broken and 
> hence,
> fixed, as opposed to cluttering up file system dependent code with checks
> like this that the upper layers are responsible for catching.

An NFS client is allowed to send a chmod on a symlink. It just happens
to be an illegal operation on most file systems.

Olaf
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