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From: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>
To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.4.23, 2.6.0-test11] fix d_type in readdir in isofs
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 14:45:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200312091445.12134.domen@coderock.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031209100959.GB4176@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>

On Tuesday 09 of December 2003 11:09, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:47:32AM +0100, Domen Puncer wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Played with scandir, and noticed iso9660's files d_type is always 0,
> > so here's a fix.
>
> No, it isn't.  DT_UNKNOWN is "I don't know; make no assumptions".
> DT_REG is "regular file".  Returning it when object in question is
> e.g. a symlink is wrong.

Right, then how about this partial fix:
--- c/fs/isofs/dir.c	2003-08-23 01:58:53.000000000 +0200
+++ a/fs/isofs/dir.c	2003-12-09 14:37:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@
 			}
 		}
 		if (len > 0) {
-			if (filldir(dirent, p, len, filp->f_pos, inode_number, DT_UNKNOWN) < 0)
+			if (filldir(dirent, p, len, filp->f_pos, inode_number,
+					(de->flags[0]&2)?DT_DIR:DT_UNKNOWN) < 0)
 				break;
 		}
 		filp->f_pos += de_len;


Or maybe we should read inode->i_mode, if it's not too time expensive?


  reply	other threads:[~2003-12-09 13:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-09  9:47 [PATCH 2.4.23, 2.6.0-test11] fix d_type in readdir in isofs Domen Puncer
2003-12-09 10:09 ` viro
2003-12-09 13:45   ` Domen Puncer [this message]
2003-12-09 16:28 ` Linus Torvalds

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