ln -s broken on 2.4.5

[Edsel Adap <edsel@adap.org>]

Hi,

I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my
system.  Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior:

marvin:~> cd /tmp
marvin:/tmp> ls -la
total 2656
drwxrwxrwt    6 root     root         1024 May 30 12:06 ./
drwxr-xr-x   22 root     root         1024 Feb 18  2000 ../
-r--r--r--    1 root     root           11 May 30 11:19 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root         1024 May 30 11:19 .X11-unix/
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root         1024 May 30 11:18 .font-unix/
-rw-r--r--    1 adap     users     2699286 May 30 11:24 mpeg2-digital.mpg
drwx------    2 adap     root         1024 May 30 12:06 ssh-SXp13149/
drwx------    2 adap     root         1024 May 30 11:19 ssh-unNLs321/
marvin:/tmp> ln -s foo bar
marvin:/tmp> ls -la
total 2656
drwxrwxrwt    6 root     root         1024 May 30 12:06 ./
drwxr-xr-x   22 root     root         1024 Feb 18  2000 ../
-r--r--r--    1 root     root           11 May 30 11:19 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root         1024 May 30 11:19 .X11-unix/
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root         1024 May 30 11:18 .font-unix/
lrwxrwxrwx    1 adap     users           3 May 30 12:09 bar -> bar
-rw-r--r--    1 adap     users     2699286 May 30 11:24 mpeg2-digital.mpg
drwx------    2 adap     root         1024 May 30 12:06 ssh-SXp13149/
drwx------    2 adap     root         1024 May 30 11:19 ssh-unNLs321/
marvin:/tmp>

Notice that the symlink created is wrong.  It seems that any symlink I
create is always linked to itself.

I booted 2.4.0 again, and the problem went away.  Is this a known
problem? Is there a patch?

Please cc me with your replies since I am not on the list.

-- 
Edsel Adap
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