allow rename to "--bind"-mounted filesystem
PATCH 1/1 allow rename to "--bind"-mounted filesystem
Hi,
I just discovered that rename(2) does not allow you to rename a file within the same filesystem if there is a "--bind" in the way. For example:
# mkdir mydir
# mount --bind . mydir
# touch myfile
# strace -erename perl -e 'rename "myfile", "mydir/myfile2"'
rename("myfile", "mydir/myfile2") = -1 EXDEV (Invalid cross-device link)IMHO it should be possible to do a rename in this situation.
I propose to remove the check in do_rename() altogether. It shouldn't be necessary, since there's also a check for a cross-device rename in vfs_rename_dir() and vfs_rename_other().
Patch below has been tested.
Eric
fs/namei.c renamed from fs/namei.c.orig +0 -4
@@ -1860,10 +1860,6 @@if (error) goto exit1; - error = -EXDEV ; -if (oldnd.mnt != newnd.mnt) - goto exit2; - old_dir = oldnd.dentry; error = -EBUSY ;if (oldnd.last_type !=LAST_NORM )