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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-08-25 15:40:29 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-08-25 15:40:29 -0700
commite8a2eb47e6ca03d4a4f98f0beef73720c5dddc0c (patch)
tree31c4d7718111abddfaaa8d3fb14ab4a7e2554cd9 /fs/namespace.c
parent8b5a10fc6fd02289ea03480f93382b1a99006142 (diff)
parentc62e43202e7cf50ca24bce58b255df7bf5de69d0 (diff)
Merge commit 'origin/x86/urgent' into x86/asm
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namespace.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/namespace.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 277c28a63ead..7230787d18b0 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_clone_write);
*/
int mnt_want_write_file(struct file *file)
{
- if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+ struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+ if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) || special_file(inode->i_mode))
return mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt);
else
return mnt_clone_write(file->f_path.mnt);