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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c25
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h1
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index adb04146df09..8a2c2959da08 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4677,6 +4677,31 @@ int generic_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_readlink);
+/**
+ * vfs_get_link - get symlink body
+ * @dentry: dentry on which to get symbolic link
+ * @done: caller needs to free returned data with this
+ *
+ * Calls security hook and i_op->get_link() on the supplied inode.
+ *
+ * It does not touch atime. That's up to the caller if necessary.
+ *
+ * Does not work on "special" symlinks like /proc/$$/fd/N
+ */
+const char *vfs_get_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct delayed_call *done)
+{
+ const char *res = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+
+ if (d_is_symlink(dentry)) {
+ res = ERR_PTR(security_inode_readlink(dentry));
+ if (!res)
+ res = inode->i_op->get_link(dentry, inode, done);
+ }
+ return res;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_get_link);
+
/* get the link contents into pagecache */
const char *page_get_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
struct delayed_call *callback)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 901e25d495cc..bc8ac5108368 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2919,6 +2919,7 @@ extern int vfs_stat(const char __user *, struct kstat *);
extern int vfs_lstat(const char __user *, struct kstat *);
extern int vfs_fstat(unsigned int, struct kstat *);
extern int vfs_fstatat(int , const char __user *, struct kstat *, int);
+extern const char *vfs_get_link(struct dentry *, struct delayed_call *);
extern int __generic_block_fiemap(struct inode *inode,
struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,