Howdy, Calling read() on some directories in /proc returns EINVAL, rather than EISDIR. The other filesystems return EISDIR and the manpage says this is what should be returned in this situation. The appended patch applies against 2.4.0-test11. Matt diff -urN linux-vanilla/fs/proc/generic.c linux/fs/proc/generic.c --- linux-vanilla/fs/proc/generic.c Fri Nov 17 16:51:47 2000 +++ linux/fs/proc/generic.c Thu Nov 23 08:00:41 2000 @@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ * the /proc directory. */ static struct file_operations proc_dir_operations = { + read: generic_read_dir, readdir: proc_readdir, }; diff -urN linux-vanilla/fs/proc/root.c linux/fs/proc/root.c --- linux-vanilla/fs/proc/root.c Fri Nov 17 16:51:47 2000 +++ linux/fs/proc/root.c Thu Nov 23 08:00:27 2000 @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ * directory handling functions for that.. */ static struct file_operations proc_root_operations = { + read: generic_read_dir, readdir: proc_root_readdir, }; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/