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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-08-31 17:54:18 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-08-31 18:05:25 +0200
commitbbe69aa57a7374b51242b95a54eefcf0d0393b7e (patch)
treec45e48d11cc9cb81a57c8c27f7243863b117cec8 /fs/namespace.c
parenta417887637e862b434b293404f2a31ad1f282a58 (diff)
parent326ba5010a5429a5a528b268b36a5900d4ab0eba (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc8' into core/locking
Merge reason: we were on -rc4, move to -rc8 before applying a new batch of locking infrastructure changes. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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 277c28a63ea..7230787d18b 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);