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Diffstat (limited to 'libglusterfs/src/syscall.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | libglusterfs/src/syscall.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/syscall.c b/libglusterfs/src/syscall.c index 117fa209e21..d1b9ef84c96 100644 --- a/libglusterfs/src/syscall.c +++ b/libglusterfs/src/syscall.c @@ -121,7 +121,13 @@ int sys_link (const char *oldpath, const char *newpath) { #ifdef HAVE_LINKAT - /* see HAVE_LINKAT in xlators/storage/posix/src/posix.c */ + /* + * On most systems (Linux being the notable exception), link(2) + * first resolves symlinks. If the target is a directory or + * is nonexistent, it will fail. linkat(2) operates on the + * symlink instead of its target when the AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW + * flag is not supplied. + */ return linkat (AT_FDCWD, oldpath, AT_FDCWD, newpath, 0); #else return link (oldpath, newpath); |