vfs: don't BUG_ON() if following a /proc fd pseudo-symlink results in…

… a symlink It's "normal" - it can happen if the file descriptor you followed was opened with O_NOFOLLOW. Reported-by: Dave Jones <[email protected]> Cc: Al Viro <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
rtvt123 · Mar 8, 2013 · 7b54c16 · 7b54c16
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diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
@@ -689,8 +689,6 @@ void nd_jump_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path)
 	nd->path = *path;
 	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	nd->flags |= LOOKUP_JUMPED;
-
-	BUG_ON(nd->inode->i_op->follow_link);
 }
 
 static inline void put_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link, void *cookie)