[Jfs-patches] [PATCH] more 2.5.5 changes

[Christoph H. <hc...@ca...>]

Test for directory links is moved to VFS, remove stale check and
(IMHO) obsolete comment.


Index: fs/jfs/namei.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/jfs/linux25/fs/jfs/namei.c,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -u -r1.6 namei.c
--- fs/jfs/namei.c	2002/02/12 15:18:25	1.6
+++ fs/jfs/namei.c	2002/02/21 18:20:45
@@ -818,12 +818,6 @@
 	jFYI(1,
 	     ("jfs_link: %s %s\n", old_dentry->d_name.name,
 	      dentry->d_name.name));
-/* The checks for links between filesystems and permissions are
-   handled by the VFS layer                                     */
-
-	/* JFS does NOT support link() on directories */
-	if (S_ISDIR(ip->i_mode))
-		return -EPERM;
 
 	IWRITE_LOCK_LIST(2, dir, ip);