xref: /openbmc/linux/fs/jffs2/symlink.c (revision 5a0e3ad6)
1 /*
2  * JFFS2 -- Journalling Flash File System, Version 2.
3  *
4  * Copyright © 2001-2007 Red Hat, Inc.
5  *
6  * Created by David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
7  *
8  * For licensing information, see the file 'LICENCE' in this directory.
9  *
10  */
11 
12 #include <linux/kernel.h>
13 #include <linux/fs.h>
14 #include <linux/namei.h>
15 #include "nodelist.h"
16 
17 static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
18 
19 const struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
20 {
21 	.readlink =	generic_readlink,
22 	.follow_link =	jffs2_follow_link,
23 	.check_acl =	jffs2_check_acl,
24 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
25 	.setxattr =	jffs2_setxattr,
26 	.getxattr =	jffs2_getxattr,
27 	.listxattr =	jffs2_listxattr,
28 	.removexattr =	jffs2_removexattr
29 };
30 
31 static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
32 {
33 	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(dentry->d_inode);
34 	char *p = (char *)f->target;
35 
36 	/*
37 	 * We don't acquire the f->sem mutex here since the only data we
38 	 * use is f->target.
39 	 *
40 	 * 1. If we are here the inode has already built and f->target has
41 	 * to point to the target path.
42 	 * 2. Nobody uses f->target (if the inode is symlink's inode). The
43 	 * exception is inode freeing function which frees f->target. But
44 	 * it can't be called while we are here and before VFS has
45 	 * stopped using our f->target string which we provide by means of
46 	 * nd_set_link() call.
47 	 */
48 
49 	if (!p) {
50 		printk(KERN_ERR "jffs2_follow_link(): can't find symlink target\n");
51 		p = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
52 	}
53 	D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_follow_link(): target path is '%s'\n", (char *) f->target));
54 
55 	nd_set_link(nd, p);
56 
57 	/*
58 	 * 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.
61 	 */
62 	return NULL;
63 }
64 
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