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-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/nifs/unix/unix_prim_file.c19
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/erts/emulator/nifs/unix/unix_prim_file.c b/erts/emulator/nifs/unix/unix_prim_file.c
index 57c8ef62e1..4a6c476882 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/nifs/unix/unix_prim_file.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/nifs/unix/unix_prim_file.c
@@ -125,24 +125,11 @@ static int open_file_type_check(const efile_path_t *path, int fd) {
* immediately in a read within the call, but the new implementation
* never does that. */
return 1;
- } else {
- /* The old driver tolerated opening /dev/null despite the "no devices"
- * limitation. It provided no explanation for this but we still need
- * to match the behavior. We're checking through stat(2) instead of
- * comparing the name to account for links. */
- struct stat null_device_info;
- int is_dev_null;
-
- is_dev_null = (stat("/dev/null", &null_device_info) == 0);
- is_dev_null &= (file_info.st_ino == null_device_info.st_ino);
- is_dev_null &= (file_info.st_dev == null_device_info.st_dev);
-
- if(is_dev_null) {
- return 1;
- }
}
- if(!S_ISREG(file_info.st_mode)) {
+ /* Allow everything that isn't a directory, and error out on the next call
+ * if it's unsupported. */
+ if(S_ISDIR(file_info.st_mode)) {
return 0;
}
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index 8477b0e148..1b72769ce3 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -981,8 +981,7 @@ f.txt: {person, "kalle", 25}.
</item>
<tag><c>eisdir</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>The named file is not a regular file. It can be a
- directory, a FIFO, or a device.</p>
+ <p>The named file is a directory.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>enotdir</c></tag>
<item>