2 * JFFS2 -- Journalling Flash File System, Version 2.
4 * Copyright © 2001-2007 Red Hat, Inc.
6 * Created by David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
8 * For licensing information, see the file 'LICENCE' in this directory.
12 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
14 #include <linux/kernel.h>
16 #include <linux/namei.h>
19 static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry
*dentry
, struct nameidata
*nd
);
21 const struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations
=
23 .readlink
= generic_readlink
,
24 .follow_link
= jffs2_follow_link
,
25 .setattr
= jffs2_setattr
,
26 .setxattr
= jffs2_setxattr
,
27 .getxattr
= jffs2_getxattr
,
28 .listxattr
= jffs2_listxattr
,
29 .removexattr
= jffs2_removexattr
32 static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry
*dentry
, struct nameidata
*nd
)
34 struct jffs2_inode_info
*f
= JFFS2_INODE_INFO(dentry
->d_inode
);
35 char *p
= (char *)f
->target
;
38 * We don't acquire the f->sem mutex here since the only data we
41 * 1. If we are here the inode has already built and f->target has
42 * to point to the target path.
43 * 2. Nobody uses f->target (if the inode is symlink's inode). The
44 * exception is inode freeing function which frees f->target. But
45 * it can't be called while we are here and before VFS has
46 * stopped using our f->target string which we provide by means of
51 pr_err("%s(): can't find symlink target\n", __func__
);
54 jffs2_dbg(1, "%s(): target path is '%s'\n",
55 __func__
, (char *)f
->target
);
60 * We will unlock the f->sem mutex but VFS will use the f->target string. This is safe
61 * since the only way that may cause f->target to be changed is iput() operation.
62 * But VFS will not use f->target after iput() has been called.