1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index a8012a95572..04629f36e39 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -1199,12 +1199,24 @@ int pipe_proc_fn(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buf,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * After the inode slimming patch, i_pipe/i_bdev/i_cdev share the same
+ * location, so checking ->i_pipe is not enough to verify that this is a
+ * pipe.
+ */
+struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct inode *i = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+
+	return S_ISFIFO(i->i_mode) ? i->i_pipe : NULL;
+}
+
 long pipe_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
 	long ret;
 
-	pipe = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_pipe;
+	pipe = get_pipe_info(file);
 	if (!pipe)
 		return -EBADF;