Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Wed, 8 Jan 1997 20:43:36 GMT | From | nsd@bbc ... | Subject | 2.1.20 ext2fs readlink bug+fix |
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Hi,
In Linux kernel 2.1.20, readlink() on an ext2 file system returns one plus the length of the link target. Previous kernels and other UNIXes I've checked return exactly the length of the link target.
Here's a patch to revert to the original behavior:
--- linux/fs/ext2/symlink.c.orig Fri Jan 3 21:19:25 1997 +++ linux/fs/ext2/symlink.c Sun Jan 5 01:18:10 1997 @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ link = (char *) inode->u.ext2_i.i_data; /* XXX I hope link is always '\0'-terminated. */ - i = strlen(link)+1; + i = strlen(link); if (i > buflen) i = buflen; if (copy_to_user(buffer, link, i)) Nick Duffek nsd@bbc.com
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