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Some users and customers reported that their backup/copy tools started
to fail when the directory being copied contained symlink targets that
the client couldn't parse - even when those symlinks weren't followed.
Fix this by allowing lstat(2) and readlink(2) to succeed even when the
client can't resolve the symlink target, restoring old behavior.
Cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Remy Monsen <monsen@monsen.cc>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAN+tdP7y=jqw3pBndZAGjQv0ObFq8Q=+PUDHgB36HdEz9QA6FQ@mail.gmail.com
Reported-by: Pierguido Lambri <plambri@redhat.com>
Fixes: 12b466eb52 ("cifs: Fix creating and resolving absolute NT-style symlinks")
Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) <pc@manguebit.org>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
Linux kernel
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