xref: /openbmc/linux/fs/jffs2/symlink.c (revision 95e9fd10)
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 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
13 
14 #include <linux/kernel.h>
15 #include <linux/fs.h>
16 #include <linux/namei.h>
17 #include "nodelist.h"
18 
19 static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
20 
21 const struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
22 {
23 	.readlink =	generic_readlink,
24 	.follow_link =	jffs2_follow_link,
25 	.get_acl =	jffs2_get_acl,
26 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
27 	.setxattr =	jffs2_setxattr,
28 	.getxattr =	jffs2_getxattr,
29 	.listxattr =	jffs2_listxattr,
30 	.removexattr =	jffs2_removexattr
31 };
32 
33 static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
34 {
35 	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(dentry->d_inode);
36 	char *p = (char *)f->target;
37 
38 	/*
39 	 * We don't acquire the f->sem mutex here since the only data we
40 	 * use is f->target.
41 	 *
42 	 * 1. If we are here the inode has already built and f->target has
43 	 * to point to the target path.
44 	 * 2. Nobody uses f->target (if the inode is symlink's inode). The
45 	 * exception is inode freeing function which frees f->target. But
46 	 * it can't be called while we are here and before VFS has
47 	 * stopped using our f->target string which we provide by means of
48 	 * nd_set_link() call.
49 	 */
50 
51 	if (!p) {
52 		pr_err("%s(): can't find symlink target\n", __func__);
53 		p = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
54 	}
55 	jffs2_dbg(1, "%s(): target path is '%s'\n",
56 		  __func__, (char *)f->target);
57 
58 	nd_set_link(nd, p);
59 
60 	/*
61 	 * We will unlock the f->sem mutex but VFS will use the f->target string. This is safe
62 	 * since the only way that may cause f->target to be changed is iput() operation.
63 	 * But VFS will not use f->target after iput() has been called.
64 	 */
65 	return NULL;
66 }
67 
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