From 0bbc98b563b39b5159d247a0a4d6e8e1e6e38c30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:30:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid using lstat, it isn't right.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
---
 ChangeLog | 3 +++
 mdopen.c  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29cfc3a..d23bf4b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Changes Prior to this release
+    -   Don't use 'lstat' to check for blockdevices, use stat.
+	
 Changes Prior to 1.11.0 release
     -   Fix embarassing bug which causes --add to always fail.
 
diff --git a/mdopen.c b/mdopen.c
index 3d99060..721d74a 100644
--- a/mdopen.c
+++ b/mdopen.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ int open_mddev(char *dev, int autof)
 			return -1;
 		}
 		stb.st_mode = 0;
-		if (lstat(dev, &stb)==0 && ! S_ISBLK(stb.st_mode)) {
+		if (stat(dev, &stb)==0 && ! S_ISBLK(stb.st_mode)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, Name ": %s is not a block device.\n",
 				dev);
 			return -1;