+
+/* xsymlink is a symlink format that can be used
+ to save symlink info in a regular file when
+ mounted to operating systems that do not
+ support the cifs Unix extensions or EAs (for xattr
+ based symlinks). For such a file to be recognized
+ as containing symlink data:
+
+ 1) file size must be 1067,
+ 2) signature must begin file data,
+ 3) length field must be set to ASCII representation
+ of a number which is less than or equal to 1024,
+ 4) md5 must match that of the path data */
+
+struct xsymlink {
+ /* 1067 bytes */
+ char signature[4]; /* XSym */ /* not null terminated */
+ char cr0; /* \n */
+/* ASCII representation of length (4 bytes decimal) terminated by \n not null */
+ char length[4];
+ char cr1; /* \n */
+/* md5 of valid subset of path ie path[0] through path[length-1] */
+ __u8 md5[32];
+ char cr2; /* \n */
+/* if room left, then end with \n then 0x20s by convention but not required */
+ char path[1024];
+};
+