cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_vnops.c

[Robert Watson]

rwatson     2008-08-31 21:27:05 UTC

  FreeBSD src repository

  Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_7)
    sys/kern             vfs_vnops.c 
  Log:
  SVN rev 182574 on 2008-08-31 21:27:05Z by rwatson
  
  Merge r181254 from head to stable/7:
  
    Remove broken code to replace st_mode value with ACCESSPERMS when
    lstat(2) is called on symlinks -- this code appears never to have
    worked.  The PR this addresses suggests that the intended
    original behavior is the right one, but as bde points out in the
    PR comments, we do actually support storing a mode on symlinks,
    so returning it seems reasonable.
  
    This is consistent with Mac OS X, which despite documentation to
    the contrary does return the mode set on a symlink, but not some
    other platforms.  The Single Unix Spec requires only that the
    returned bits be "meaningful", which seems at best unhelpful as
    advice goes.
  
    PR:             25018
  
  Revision   Changes    Path
  1.252.2.1  +0 -5      src/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c