From 639e040445d41c9ccafede429f46c3543d293b48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:38:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] sysfs: Allow file symlinks

To test behavior on read error the test file can be linked to something
like /proc/self/mem that does not support read() but currently all
symlinks are skipped. Use fstatat instead of the directory entry type to
determine file type.
---
 lib/sysfs.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/sysfs.c b/lib/sysfs.c
index 4450b00e..0aaee87e 100644
--- a/lib/sysfs.c
+++ b/lib/sysfs.c
@@ -570,13 +570,25 @@ static int sensors_read_dynamic_chip(sensors_chip_features *chip,
 
 	while ((ent = readdir(dir))) {
 		char *name;
-		int nr;
+		int nr, type;
+		struct stat st;
 
-		/* Skip directories and symlinks */
-		if (ent->d_type != DT_REG)
+		/* Skip directories and special files */
+		if (ent->d_type == DT_DIR)
 			continue;
-
 		name = ent->d_name;
+		if (fstatat(dirfd(dir), name, &st, 0)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s/%s: %s.\n", dev_path, name, sensors_strerror(errno));
+			continue;
+		}
+		type = (st.st_mode & S_IFMT);
+		switch (type) {
+			case S_IFREG: break;
+			default:
+				      fprintf(stderr, "%s/%s: Not a regular file.\n", dev_path, name);
+				      /* fallthrough */
+			case S_IFDIR: continue;
+		}
 
 		sftype = sensors_subfeature_get_type(name, &nr);
 		if (sftype == SENSORS_SUBFEATURE_UNKNOWN)