Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

Conflicts:
	arch/microblaze/include/asm/socket.h

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 3dc283fd4716..7230787d18b0 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/mnt_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/ramfs.h>
@@ -315,7 +316,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_clone_write);
  */
 int mnt_want_write_file(struct file *file)
 {
-        if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+        struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+        if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) || special_file(inode->i_mode))
                 return mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt);
         else
                 return mnt_clone_write(file->f_path.mnt);