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-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);