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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c6
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index aaaa8103623..c5769c4fcab 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1311,9 +1311,6 @@ static inline int may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child,
}
/*
- * Special case: O_CREAT|O_EXCL implies O_NOFOLLOW for security
- * reasons.
- *
* O_DIRECTORY translates into forcing a directory lookup.
*/
static inline int lookup_flags(unsigned int f)
@@ -1323,9 +1320,6 @@ static inline int lookup_flags(unsigned int f)
if (f & O_NOFOLLOW)
retval &= ~LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
- if ((f & (O_CREAT|O_EXCL)) == (O_CREAT|O_EXCL))
- retval &= ~LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
-
if (f & O_DIRECTORY)
retval |= LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;