get_file_type() should use stat(), not lstat()

We care about the device, not the potential link we are passed.

Reported-by: "H. Tolley" <h_tolley@hotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>

diff --git a/filesetup.c b/filesetup.c
index cbef672e673e6d3c1d0d363466b677702e1953f1..c188981356a2cb022e9037d84c8f6f01d9c33a6c 100644 (file)
--- a/filesetup.c
+++ b/filesetup.c
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ static void get_file_type(struct fio_file *f)
        else
                f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_FILE;
 
-       if (!lstat(f->file_name, &sb)) {
+       if (!stat(f->file_name, &sb)) {
                if (S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode))
                        f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_BD;
                else if (S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode))