patch-2.2.14 linux/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c

• Lines: 20
• Date: Tue Jan 4 10:12:23 2000
• Orig file: v2.2.13/linux/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
• Orig date: Tue Jan 4 11:10:40 2000

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.2.13/linux/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c linux/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 		rdev = (dev_t) size;
 		if (type != S_IFBLK && type != S_IFCHR) {
 			rdev = 0;
-		} else if (type == S_IFCHR && size == ~(u32) 0) {
+		} else if (type == S_IFCHR && !(attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)) {
 			/* If you think you've seen the worst, grok this. */
 			attr->ia_mode = S_IFIFO | mode;
 			type = S_IFIFO;
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@
 		if (inode && (type != (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) || 
 		    (is_borc && inode->i_rdev != rdev)))
 			goto out_unlock;
+
+		/* invalidate size because only (type == S_IFREG) has
+		   size. */
+		attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
 	}
 	
 	nfserr = 0;