UMSDOS symlink fix

UMSDOS symlink fix

[Delbert Matlock]

Enclosed is a one line fix for symlinks under the UMSDOS filesystem.  Under
stock 2.4.7 (and 2.4.7-ac4), if you create a symlink the last letter of the
original file will be left off the link.  This will fix it.

Now, if I can just get the blasted thing to mount as root.

-- Delbert Matlock
-- Delbert@Matlock.com
-- http://delbert.matlock.com/




diff -u -r linux.orig/fs/umsdos/namei.c linux/fs/umsdos/namei.c
--- linux.orig/fs/umsdos/namei.c	Fri Feb  9 14:29:44 2001
+++ linux/fs/umsdos/namei.c	Fri Aug  3 21:01:42 2001
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}

-	len = strlen (symname);
+	len = strlen (symname) + 1;
 	ret = block_symlink(dentry->d_inode, symname, len);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_unlink;

Re: UMSDOS symlink fix

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Delbert Matlock wrote:

> Enclosed is a one line fix for symlinks under the UMSDOS filesystem.  Under
> stock 2.4.7 (and 2.4.7-ac4), if you create a symlink the last letter of the
> original file will be left off the link.  This will fix it.
>
> Now, if I can just get the blasted thing to mount as root.
>
> -- Delbert Matlock
> -- Delbert@Matlock.com
> -- http://delbert.matlock.com/

I'm going to take this opportunity to slip in a small question.

Which is faster, UMSDOS or VFAT?

-- 
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio@openservices.net>