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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fcntl.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index bb4a3e40e43..c784e8bb57a 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2243,14 +2243,16 @@ asmlinkage long sys_linkat(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname, int error; char * to; - if (flags != 0) + if ((flags & ~AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) != 0) return -EINVAL; to = getname(newname); if (IS_ERR(to)) return PTR_ERR(to); - error = __user_walk_fd(olddfd, oldname, 0, &old_nd); + error = __user_walk_fd(olddfd, oldname, + flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW ? LOOKUP_FOLLOW : 0, + &old_nd); if (error) goto exit; error = do_path_lookup(newdfd, to, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd); diff --git a/include/linux/fcntl.h b/include/linux/fcntl.h index c52a63755fd..996f5611cd5 100644 --- a/include/linux/fcntl.h +++ b/include/linux/fcntl.h @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ #define AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW 0x100 /* Do not follow symbolic links. */ #define AT_REMOVEDIR 0x200 /* Remove directory instead of unlinking file. */ +#define AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW 0x400 /* Follow symbolic links. */ #ifdef __KERNEL__ |