return sys_symlinkat(oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname);
}
-int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_dentry)
+/**
+ * vfs_link - create a new link
+ * @old_dentry: object to be linked
+ * @dir: new parent
+ * @new_dentry: where to create the new link
+ * @delegated_inode: returns inode needing a delegation break
+ *
+ * The caller must hold dir->i_mutex
+ *
+ * If vfs_link discovers a delegation on the to-be-linked file in need
+ * of breaking, it will return -EWOULDBLOCK and return a reference to the
+ * inode in delegated_inode. The caller should then break the delegation
+ * and retry. Because breaking a delegation may take a long time, the
+ * caller should drop the i_mutex before doing so.
+ *
+ * Alternatively, a caller may pass NULL for delegated_inode. This may
+ * be appropriate for callers that expect the underlying filesystem not
+ * to be NFS exported.
+ */
+int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_dentry, struct inode **delegated_inode)
{
struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
unsigned max_links = dir->i_sb->s_max_links;
error = -ENOENT;
else if (max_links && inode->i_nlink >= max_links)
error = -EMLINK;
- else
- error = dir->i_op->link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry);
+ else {
+ error = try_break_deleg(inode, delegated_inode);
+ if (!error)
+ error = dir->i_op->link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry);
+ }
if (!error && (inode->i_state & I_LINKABLE)) {
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
{
struct dentry *new_dentry;
struct path old_path, new_path;
+ struct inode *delegated_inode = NULL;
int how = 0;
int error;
error = security_path_link(old_path.dentry, &new_path, new_dentry);
if (error)
goto out_dput;
- error = vfs_link(old_path.dentry, new_path.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry);
+ error = vfs_link(old_path.dentry, new_path.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry, &delegated_inode);
out_dput:
done_path_create(&new_path, new_dentry);
+ if (delegated_inode) {
+ error = break_deleg_wait(&delegated_inode);
+ if (!error)
+ goto retry;
+ }
if (retry_estale(error, how)) {
how |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
goto retry;
extern int vfs_mkdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
extern int vfs_mknod(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t, dev_t);
extern int vfs_symlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *, const char *);
-extern int vfs_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
+extern int vfs_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode **);
extern int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
extern int vfs_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode **);
extern int vfs_rename(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode **);