2 * fs/kernfs/symlink.c - kernfs symlink implementation
4 * Copyright (c) 2001-3 Patrick Mochel
5 * Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
6 * Copyright (c) 2007, 2013 Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
8 * This file is released under the GPLv2.
12 #include <linux/gfp.h>
13 #include <linux/namei.h>
15 #include "kernfs-internal.h"
18 * kernfs_create_link - create a symlink
19 * @parent: directory to create the symlink in
20 * @name: name of the symlink
21 * @target: target node for the symlink to point to
23 * Returns the created node on success, ERR_PTR() value on error.
25 struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_link(struct kernfs_node *parent,
27 struct kernfs_node *target)
29 struct kernfs_node *kn;
32 kn = kernfs_new_node(parent, name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, KERNFS_LINK);
34 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
36 if (kernfs_ns_enabled(parent))
38 kn->symlink.target_kn = target;
39 kernfs_get(target); /* ref owned by symlink */
41 error = kernfs_add_one(kn);
46 return ERR_PTR(error);
49 static int kernfs_get_target_path(struct kernfs_node *parent,
50 struct kernfs_node *target, char *path)
52 struct kernfs_node *base, *kn;
56 /* go up to the root, stop at the base */
58 while (base->parent) {
60 while (kn->parent && base != kn)
71 /* determine end of target string for reverse fillup */
73 while (kn->parent && kn != base) {
74 len += strlen(kn->name) + 1;
82 if ((s - path) + len > PATH_MAX)
85 /* reverse fillup of target string from target to base */
87 while (kn->parent && kn != base) {
88 int slen = strlen(kn->name);
91 strncpy(s + len, kn->name, slen);
101 static int kernfs_getlink(struct dentry *dentry, char *path)
103 struct kernfs_node *kn = dentry->d_fsdata;
104 struct kernfs_node *parent = kn->parent;
105 struct kernfs_node *target = kn->symlink.target_kn;
108 mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
109 error = kernfs_get_target_path(parent, target, path);
110 mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
115 static const char *kernfs_iop_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
117 struct delayed_call *done)
123 return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
124 body = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
126 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
127 error = kernfs_getlink(dentry, body);
128 if (unlikely(error < 0)) {
130 return ERR_PTR(error);
132 set_delayed_call(done, kfree_link, body);
136 const struct inode_operations kernfs_symlink_iops = {
137 .listxattr = kernfs_iop_listxattr,
138 .get_link = kernfs_iop_get_link,
139 .setattr = kernfs_iop_setattr,
140 .getattr = kernfs_iop_getattr,
141 .permission = kernfs_iop_permission,