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Ulrich Drepper c04030e16d [PATCH] flags parameter for linkat 
I'm currently at the POSIX meeting and one thing covered was the
incompatibility of Linux's link() with the POSIX definition.  The name.
Linux does not follow symlinks, POSIX requires it does.

Even if somebody thinks this is a good default behavior we cannot change this
because it would break the ABI.  But the fact remains that some application
might want this behavior.

We have one chance to help implementing this without breaking the behavior.
 For this we could use the new linkat interface which would need a new
flags parameter.  If the new parameter is AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW the new
behavior could be invoked.

I do not want to introduce such a patch now.  But we could add the
parameter now, just don't use it.  The patch below would do this.  Can we
get this late patch applied before the release more or less fixes the
syscall API?

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 		2006-02-24 14:31:39 -08:00
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9p [PATCH] v9fs: update documentation and fix debug flag 2006-02-20 20:00:11 -08:00
adfs [PATCH] changing CONFIG_LOCALVERSION rebuilds too much, for no good reason 2005-11-09 07:55:57 -08:00
affs [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
afs add loglevel to printk in fs/afs/cmservice.c 2006-01-11 01:52:40 +01:00
autofs [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
autofs4 [PATCH] autofs4 oops fix 2006-01-14 18:25:19 -08:00
befs remove unused fs/befs/attribute.c 2005-11-08 16:54:53 +01:00
bfs [PATCH] bfs iget() abuses 2005-10-04 13:22:01 -07:00
cifs [PATCH] CIFS: CIFSSMBRead was returning an invalid pointer in buf on socket error 2006-02-22 15:20:33 -08:00
coda [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
configfs [PATCH] BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/configfs/ 2006-02-03 14:03:09 -08:00
cramfs [PATCH] fs/cramfs/uncompress.c should #include <linux/cramfs_fs.h> 2005-09-10 10:06:35 -07:00
debugfs [PATCH] debugfs: trivial comment fix 2006-02-06 12:17:18 -08:00
devfs [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
devpts [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
efs return statement cleanup - kill pointless parentheses 2006-01-15 02:37:08 +01:00
exportfs [PATCH] exportfs: add find_acceptable_alias helper 2006-01-18 19:20:28 -08:00
ext2 [PATCH] fix deadlock in ext2 2006-02-17 13:59:26 -08:00
ext3 [PATCH] Fix two ext[23] uninitialized warnings 2006-02-03 08:32:05 -08:00
fat [PATCH] fat: Fix truncate() write ordering 2006-02-03 08:32:10 -08:00
freevxfs [PATCH] fix possible PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT overflows 2006-01-08 20:13:54 -08:00
fuse [PATCH] fuse: fix bug in aborted fuse_release_end() 2006-02-17 13:59:27 -08:00
hfs [PATCH] hfs: cleanup HFS prints 2006-01-18 19:20:23 -08:00
hfsplus [PATCH] hfs: set type/creator for symlinks 2006-01-18 19:20:23 -08:00
hostfs [PATCH] uml: hostfs - fix possible PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT overflows 2005-12-29 09:48:15 -08:00
hpfs [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
hppfs [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
hugetlbfs [PATCH] mm: hugepage accounting fix 2006-02-01 08:53:15 -08:00
isofs [PATCH] isofs: remove d_splice_alias NULL check from isofs_lookup 2006-01-14 18:27:12 -08:00
jbd [PATCH] jbd: revert checkpoint list changes 2006-02-14 16:09:34 -08:00
jffs [PATCH] fs/jffs/intrep.c: 255 is unsigned char 2006-02-03 08:32:05 -08:00
jffs2 [PATCH] Unlinline a bunch of other functions 2006-01-14 18:27:06 -08:00
jfs [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
lockd [PATCH] NLM: Fix the NLM_GRANTED callback checks 2006-02-14 16:09:34 -08:00
minix [PATCH] update filesystems for new delete_inode behavior 2005-09-09 13:57:27 -07:00
msdos [PATCH] fat: remove the unneeded vfat_find() in vfat_rename() 2005-10-30 17:37:32 -08:00
ncpfs [PATCH] ncpfs: remove kmalloc wrapper 2006-01-14 18:27:12 -08:00
nfs [PATCH] nfsroot port= parameter fix [backport of 2.4 fix] 2006-02-07 21:00:42 -05:00
nfs_common [PATCH] nfsacl: Solaris VxFS compatibility fix 2005-10-11 09:46:54 -07:00
nfsd [PATCH] knfsd: fix nfs4_open lock leak 2006-02-07 16:12:31 -08:00
nls [PATCH] make some things static 2005-05-05 16:36:47 -07:00
ntfs [PATCH] ntfs: remove superflous MS_NOATIME/MS_NODIRATIME assignments 2006-01-10 08:01:33 -08:00
ocfs2 [PATCH] ocfs2: detach from heartbeat events before freeing mle 2006-02-16 12:04:55 -08:00
openpromfs [PATCH] kfree cleanup: fs 2005-11-07 07:54:06 -08:00
partitions [PATCH] partitions: Read Rio Karma partition table 2006-01-16 23:15:29 -08:00
proc [PATCH] fix handling of st_nlink on procfs root 2006-02-18 15:54:36 -05:00
qnx4 fs/qnx4/bitmap.c: #if 0 qnx4_new_block() 2006-01-03 13:21:37 +01:00
ramfs [PATCH] NOMMU: Provide shared-writable mmap support on ramfs 2006-01-06 08:33:32 -08:00
reiserfs [PATCH] reiserfs: fix potential (unlikely) oops in reiserfs_get_acl 2006-02-13 08:56:01 -08:00
relayfs [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
romfs [PATCH] fix possible PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT overflows 2006-01-08 20:13:54 -08:00
smbfs [PATCH] smbfs readdir vs signal fix 2006-02-01 08:53:09 -08:00
sysfs [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
sysv correct email address of Manfred Spraul 2006-01-15 02:43:54 +01:00
udf [PATCH] UDF: Fix issues reported by Coverity in namei.c 2006-02-03 08:32:11 -08:00
ufs [PATCH] ufs: fix hang during `rm' 2006-02-03 08:32:04 -08:00
vfat [PATCH] fat: remove the unneeded vfat_find() in vfat_rename() 2005-10-30 17:37:32 -08:00
xfs [XFS] Fix missing inode atime update from the utime syscall. 2006-02-07 20:27:44 +11:00
Kconfig o Remove confusing Kconfig text for CONFIGFS_FS. 2006-02-03 13:47:17 -08:00
Kconfig.binfmt [PATCH] frv: suppress configuration of certain features for FRV 2006-01-08 20:13:36 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] sanitize building of fs/compat_ioctl.c 2006-01-10 08:01:33 -08:00
aio.c [PATCH] rcu file: use atomic primitives 2006-01-08 20:13:48 -08:00
attr.c [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
bad_inode.c [PATCH] make some things static 2005-05-05 16:36:47 -07:00
binfmt_aout.c [PATCH] dump_thread() cleanup 2006-01-10 08:01:25 -08:00
binfmt_elf.c [PATCH] Unlinline a bunch of other functions 2006-01-14 18:27:06 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c [PATCH] fs/binfmt_elf: Remove unneeded kmalloc() return value casts 2006-01-10 08:02:01 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c [PATCH] uclinux: delay binfmt_flat trace 2006-01-10 09:31:27 -08:00
binfmt_misc.c [PATCH] Unlinline a bunch of other functions 2006-01-14 18:27:06 -08:00
binfmt_script.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
binfmt_som.c [PATCH] mm: mm_init set_mm_counters 2005-10-29 21:40:38 -07:00
bio.c [BLOCK] A few kerneldoc fixups 2006-01-31 15:24:34 +01:00
block_dev.c [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
buffer.c [PATCH] Trivial optimization of ll_rw_block() 2006-02-03 08:32:10 -08:00
char_dev.c [PATCH] convert /proc/devices to use seq_file interface 2006-01-14 18:25:19 -08:00
compat.c [PATCH] select: time comparison fixes 2006-02-17 13:59:28 -08:00
compat_ioctl.c [PATCH] compat_ioctl __user annotations 2006-02-08 01:04:01 -05:00
dcache.c [PATCH] make "struct d_cookie" depend on CONFIG_PROFILING 2006-02-03 08:32:04 -08:00
dcookies.c [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
direct-io.c [PATCH] fix O_DIRECT read of last block in a sparse file 2006-02-03 08:32:07 -08:00
dnotify.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
dquot.c [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
drop_caches.c [PATCH] drop-pagecache 2006-01-08 20:12:40 -08:00
eventpoll.c [PATCH] epoll: handle timeout overflow 2005-09-28 07:46:41 -07:00
exec.c [PATCH] fix zap_thread's ptrace related problems 2006-02-15 11:05:43 -08:00
fcntl.c [PATCH] fcntl F_SETFL and read-only IS_APPEND files 2006-02-03 08:32:07 -08:00
fifo.c [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
file.c [PATCH] percpu data: only iterate over possible CPUs 2006-02-05 11:06:51 -08:00
file_table.c [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
filesystems.c [PATCH] fix missing includes 2005-10-30 17:37:32 -08:00
fs-writeback.c [PATCH] kernel-docs: fix kernel-doc format problems 2005-11-07 07:53:55 -08:00
inode.c [PATCH] DocBook: fix some kernel-doc comments in fs and block 2006-02-01 08:53:27 -08:00
inotify.c [PATCH] inotify: fix one-shot support 2006-02-07 16:12:33 -08:00
ioctl.c [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
ioprio.c [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
libfs.c [PATCH] debugfs: hard link count wrong 2006-02-03 08:32:11 -08:00
locks.c [PATCH] tiny: Uninline some fslocks.c functions 2006-01-08 20:14:10 -08:00
mbcache.c [PATCH] Unlinline a bunch of other functions 2006-01-14 18:27:06 -08:00
mpage.c [PATCH] fix possible PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT overflows 2006-01-08 20:13:54 -08:00
namei.c [PATCH] flags parameter for linkat 2006-02-24 14:31:39 -08:00
namespace.c [PATCH] umount_tree() decrements mount count on wrong dentry 2006-02-07 21:01:15 -05:00
nfsctl.c [PATCH] EDAC: atomic scrub operations 2006-01-18 19:20:30 -08:00
open.c [PATCH] vfs: *at functions: core 2006-01-18 19:20:29 -08:00
pipe.c [PATCH] Unlinline a bunch of other functions 2006-01-14 18:27:06 -08:00
pnode.c [PATCH] shared mounts: cleanup 2006-01-08 20:13:56 -08:00
pnode.h [PATCH] unbindable mounts 2005-11-07 18:18:11 -08:00
posix_acl.c [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
quota.c [PATCH] capable/capability.h (fs/) 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
quota_v1.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
quota_v2.c [PATCH] quota_v2: printk warning fixes 2006-02-03 08:32:03 -08:00
read_write.c [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
readdir.c [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
select.c [PATCH] select: time comparison fixes 2006-02-17 13:59:28 -08:00
seq_file.c [PATCH] allow callers of seq_open do allocation themselves 2005-11-07 18:18:09 -08:00
stat.c [PATCH] fstatat64 support 2006-02-11 21:41:10 -08:00
super.c Revert mount/umount uevent removal 2006-02-22 09:39:02 -08:00
xattr.c [PATCH] move xattr permission checks into the VFS 2006-01-10 08:01:29 -08:00
xattr_acl.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00