X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=fs%2Fjffs2%2Fsymlink.c;h=d55754fe8925c537ac2ff5e117007c0370a41ee0;hb=43bc926fffd92024b46cafaf7350d669ba9ca884;hp=7b1820d13712040e0d1aadda20e4b8459e7f5e0a;hpb=cee37fe97739d85991964371c1f3a745c00dd236;p=linux-2.6.git

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
index 7b1820d13..d55754fe8 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  * For licensing information, see the file 'LICENCE' in this directory.
  *
- * $Id: symlink.c,v 1.14 2004/11/16 20:36:12 dwmw2 Exp $
+ * $Id: symlink.c,v 1.19 2005/11/07 11:14:42 gleixner Exp $
  *
  */
 
@@ -18,28 +18,46 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "nodelist.h"
 
-static int jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
-static void jffs2_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
+static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
 
 struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
-{	
+{
 	.readlink =	generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link =	jffs2_follow_link,
-	.put_link =	jffs2_put_link,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr
 };
 
-static int jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	unsigned char *buf;
-	buf = jffs2_getlink(JFFS2_SB_INFO(dentry->d_inode->i_sb), JFFS2_INODE_INFO(dentry->d_inode));
-	nd_set_link(nd, buf);
-	return 0;
-}
+	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(dentry->d_inode);
+	char *p = (char *)f->target;
 
-static void jffs2_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
-	if (!IS_ERR(s))
-		kfree(s);
+	/*
+	 * We don't acquire the f->sem mutex here since the only data we
+	 * use is f->target.
+	 *
+	 * 1. If we are here the inode has already built and f->target has
+	 * to point to the target path.
+	 * 2. Nobody uses f->target (if the inode is symlink's inode). The
+	 * exception is inode freeing function which frees f->target. But
+	 * it can't be called while we are here and before VFS has
+	 * stopped using our f->target string which we provide by means of
+	 * nd_set_link() call.
+	 */
+
+	if (!p) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "jffs2_follow_link(): can't find symlink taerget\n");
+		p = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	}
+	D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_follow_link(): target path is '%s'\n", (char *) f->target));
+
+	nd_set_link(nd, p);
+
+	/*
+	 * We will unlock the f->sem mutex but VFS will use the f->target string. This is safe
+	 * since the only way that may cause f->target to be changed is iput() operation.
+	 * But VFS will not use f->target after iput() has been called.
+	 */
+	return NULL;
 }
+