From: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:28:07 GMT Subject: [PATCH] dir.c: avoid stat() in valid_cached_dir() Message-ID: <20171228002807.22388-1-pclouds@gmail.com> stat() may follow a symlink and return stat data of the link's target instead of the link itself. We are concerned about the link itself. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy --- I noticed this while looking at the untracked cache bug [1] but because it's not directly related to that bug, I'm submitting it separately here. [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/CACsJy8AmbKSp0mDLRaDCWn45veeNc03B-Gq8r8PQPrDt9bM_EA@mail.gmail.com/ dir.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c index 7c4b45e30e..edcb7bb462 100644 --- a/dir.c +++ b/dir.c @@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ static int valid_cached_dir(struct dir_struct *dir, */ refresh_fsmonitor(istate); if (!(dir->untracked->use_fsmonitor && untracked->valid)) { - if (stat(path->len ? path->buf : ".", &st)) { + if (lstat(path->len ? path->buf : ".", &st)) { invalidate_directory(dir->untracked, untracked); memset(&untracked->stat_data, 0, sizeof(untracked->stat_data)); return 0; -- 2.15.0.320.g0453912d77