Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Apr 1998 00:14:44 -0400 (EDT) | From | "C. Scott Ananian" <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: smart symlink loop detection. |
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On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Adam D. Bradley wrote:
> There's just one problem: I need to call inode->i_op->readlink() to > get the "value" of a symlink.
According to linus, readlink() is not guaranteed do exactly the same thing as follow_link(). There's some craziness that goes on with /proc. I think I found it in the source code at one point, but I forget exactly where it was. Maybe Linus remembers? --Scott @ @ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOO-(_)-OOo-=-=-=-=-= C. Scott Ananian: cananian@lcs.mit.edu / Declare the Truth boldly and Laboratory for Computer Science/Crypto / without hindrance. Massachusetts Institute of Technology /META-PARRESIAS AKOLUTOS:Acts 28:31 -.-. .-.. .. ..-. ..-. --- .-. -.. ... -.-. --- - - .- -. .- -. .. .- -. PGP key available via finger and from http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~cananian
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