# HG changeset patch
# User charles
# Date 1153861402 -3600
# Node ID 7c7448871973449034a90c2acf2a00e0216fd00b
# Parent  1ac3b3f66ac118d790af0969c01ad8bd5f6a3af0
Make sure mode is sane

diff --git a/yaffs_fs.c b/yaffs_fs.c
--- a/yaffs_fs.c
+++ b/yaffs_fs.c
@@ -651,6 +651,40 @@ static int yaffs_commit_write(struct fil
 static void yaffs_FillInodeFromObject(struct inode *inode, yaffs_Object * obj)
 {
 	if (inode && obj) {
+
+
+		/* Check mode against the variant type and attempt to repair if broken. */
+ 		__u32 mode = obj->yst_mode;
+ 		switch( obj->variantType ){
+ 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE :
+ 		        if( ! S_ISREG(mode) ){
+ 			        obj->yst_mode &= ~S_IFMT;
+ 			        obj->yst_mode |= S_IFREG;
+ 			}
+ 
+ 			break;
+ 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK :
+ 		        if( ! S_ISLNK(mode) ){
+ 			        obj->yst_mode &= ~S_IFMT;
+ 				obj->yst_mode |= S_IFLNK;
+ 			}
+ 
+ 			break;
+ 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY :
+ 		        if( ! S_ISDIR(mode) ){
+ 			        obj->yst_mode &= ~S_IFMT;
+ 			        obj->yst_mode |= S_IFDIR;
+ 			}
+ 
+ 			break;
+ 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN :
+ 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK :
+ 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL :
+ 		default:
+ 		        /* TODO? */
+ 		        break;
+ 		}
+
 		inode->i_ino = obj->objectId;
 		inode->i_mode = obj->yst_mode;
 		inode->i_uid = obj->yst_uid;