2 * JFFS2 -- Journalling Flash File System, Version 2.
4 * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc.
6 * Created by David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
8 * For licensing information, see the file 'LICENCE' in this directory.
10 * $Id: symlink.c,v 1.16 2005/03/01 10:50:48 dedekind Exp $
15 #include <linux/kernel.h>
16 #include <linux/slab.h>
18 #include <linux/namei.h>
21 static int jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
23 struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
25 .readlink = generic_readlink,
26 .follow_link = jffs2_follow_link,
27 .setattr = jffs2_setattr
30 static int jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
32 struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(dentry->d_inode);
35 * We don't acquire the f->sem mutex here since the only data we
36 * use is f->dents which in case of the symlink inode points to the
37 * symlink's target path.
39 * 1. If we are here the inode has already built and f->dents has
40 * to point to the target path.
41 * 2. Nobody uses f->dents (if the inode is symlink's inode). The
42 * exception is inode freeing function which frees f->dents. But
43 * it can't be called while we are here and before VFS has
44 * stopped using our f->dents string which we provide by means of
49 printk(KERN_ERR "jffs2_follow_link(): can't find symlink taerget\n");
52 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_follow_link(): target path is '%s'\n", (char *) f->dents));
54 nd_set_link(nd, (char *)f->dents);
57 * We unlock the f->sem mutex but VFS will use the f->dents string. This is safe
58 * since the only way that may cause f->dents to be changed is iput() operation.
59 * But VFS will not use f->dents after iput() has been called.