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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001/*
2 * JFFS2 -- Journalling Flash File System, Version 2.
3 *
David Woodhousec00c3102007-04-25 14:16:47 +01004 * Copyright © 2001-2007 Red Hat, Inc.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07005 *
6 * Created by David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
7 *
8 * For licensing information, see the file 'LICENCE' in this directory.
9 *
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070010 */
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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070012#include <linux/kernel.h>
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070013#include <linux/fs.h>
14#include <linux/namei.h>
15#include "nodelist.h"
16
Al Viro008b1502005-08-20 00:17:39 +010017static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070018
Arjan van de Ven92e1d5b2007-02-12 00:55:39 -080019const struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
Thomas Gleixner182ec4e2005-11-07 11:16:07 +000020{
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070021 .readlink = generic_readlink,
22 .follow_link = jffs2_follow_link,
Christoph Hellwig4e34e712011-07-23 17:37:31 +020023 .get_acl = jffs2_get_acl,
KaiGai Koheiaa98d7c2006-05-13 15:09:47 +090024 .setattr = jffs2_setattr,
25 .setxattr = jffs2_setxattr,
26 .getxattr = jffs2_getxattr,
27 .listxattr = jffs2_listxattr,
28 .removexattr = jffs2_removexattr
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070029};
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Al Viro008b1502005-08-20 00:17:39 +010031static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070032{
Artem B. Bityuckiy32f1a952005-03-01 10:50:52 +000033 struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(dentry->d_inode);
Artem B. Bityutskiy2b79adc2005-07-17 12:13:51 +010034 char *p = (char *)f->target;
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Artem B. Bityuckiy32f1a952005-03-01 10:50:52 +000036 /*
37 * We don't acquire the f->sem mutex here since the only data we
Artem B. Bityutskiy2b79adc2005-07-17 12:13:51 +010038 * use is f->target.
Artem B. Bityuckiy32f1a952005-03-01 10:50:52 +000039 *
Artem B. Bityutskiy2b79adc2005-07-17 12:13:51 +010040 * 1. If we are here the inode has already built and f->target has
Artem B. Bityuckiy32f1a952005-03-01 10:50:52 +000041 * to point to the target path.
Artem B. Bityutskiy2b79adc2005-07-17 12:13:51 +010042 * 2. Nobody uses f->target (if the inode is symlink's inode). The
43 * exception is inode freeing function which frees f->target. But
Artem B. Bityuckiy32f1a952005-03-01 10:50:52 +000044 * it can't be called while we are here and before VFS has
Artem B. Bityutskiy2b79adc2005-07-17 12:13:51 +010045 * stopped using our f->target string which we provide by means of
Artem B. Bityuckiy32f1a952005-03-01 10:50:52 +000046 * nd_set_link() call.
47 */
Thomas Gleixner182ec4e2005-11-07 11:16:07 +000048
Al Viro2fb1e302005-08-19 22:42:16 +010049 if (!p) {
Qi Yongc7cf0c62006-10-16 19:42:23 +080050 printk(KERN_ERR "jffs2_follow_link(): can't find symlink target\n");
Al Viro2fb1e302005-08-19 22:42:16 +010051 p = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
Artem B. Bityuckiy32f1a952005-03-01 10:50:52 +000052 }
Artem B. Bityutskiy2b79adc2005-07-17 12:13:51 +010053 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_follow_link(): target path is '%s'\n", (char *) f->target));
Artem B. Bityuckiy32f1a952005-03-01 10:50:52 +000054
Al Viro2fb1e302005-08-19 22:42:16 +010055 nd_set_link(nd, p);
Thomas Gleixner182ec4e2005-11-07 11:16:07 +000056
Artem B. Bityuckiy32f1a952005-03-01 10:50:52 +000057 /*
Artem B. Bityutskiy2b79adc2005-07-17 12:13:51 +010058 * We will unlock the f->sem mutex but VFS will use the f->target string. This is safe
59 * since the only way that may cause f->target to be changed is iput() operation.
60 * But VFS will not use f->target after iput() has been called.
Artem B. Bityuckiy32f1a952005-03-01 10:50:52 +000061 */
Al Viro008b1502005-08-20 00:17:39 +010062 return NULL;
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070063}
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