Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:22:07 GMT From: Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/114057: devfs symlink over device doesn't work Message-ID: <200706262222.l5QMM7V8081917@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200706262230.l5QMU3xa079635@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 114057 >Category: kern >Synopsis: devfs symlink over device doesn't work >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jun 26 22:30:03 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Stef Walter >Release: FreeBSD 6.2 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD jail-devel-6x.ws.local 6.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p1 #2: Tue Jun 26 15:55:31 UTC 2007 root@jail-devel-6x.ws.local:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/JAIL-DEVEL i386 >Description: After deleting a device in devfs, any symlink placed over it results in ENOENT. I'll attach a patch that fixes this. >How-To-Repeat: # cd /dev # rm console # touch /var/log/console # ln -s /var/log/console console # ls -l console ls: console: No such file or directory >Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: --- sys/fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c.orig Mon Oct 30 15:46:29 2006 +++ sys/fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c Tue Jun 26 16:16:24 2007 @@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ #ifdef MAC mac_create_devfs_symlink(ap->a_cnp->cn_cred, dmp->dm_mount, dd, de); #endif - TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&dd->de_dlist, de, de_list); + TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&dd->de_dlist, de, de_list); return (devfs_allocv(de, ap->a_dvp->v_mount, ap->a_vpp, td)); } >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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