3 files changed, 3 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 1ba5c97943b8..81180022923f 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ static int jffs2_symlink (struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *dentry, const char
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
 	}
+	inode->i_link = f->target;
 
 	jffs2_dbg(1, "%s(): symlink's target '%s' cached\n",
 		  __func__, (char *)f->target);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/fs.c b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
index 4cff0d54110b..2caf1682036d 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/fs.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ struct inode *jffs2_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 
 	case S_IFLNK:
 		inode->i_op = &jffs2_symlink_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_link = f->target;
 		break;
 
 	case S_IFDIR:
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
index 1fefa25d0fa5..8ce2f240125b 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
@@ -9,58 +9,15 @@
  *
  */
 
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
-
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "nodelist.h"
 
-static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
-
 const struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
 {
 	.readlink =	generic_readlink,
-	.follow_link =	jffs2_follow_link,
+	.follow_link =	simple_follow_link,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
 	.setxattr =	jffs2_setxattr,
 	.getxattr =	jffs2_getxattr,
 	.listxattr =	jffs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr =	jffs2_removexattr
 };
-
-static void *jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(d_inode(dentry));
-	char *p = (char *)f->target;
-
-	/*
-	 * 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) {
-		pr_err("%s(): can't find symlink target\n", __func__);
-		p = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
-	}
-	jffs2_dbg(1, "%s(): target path is '%s'\n",
-		  __func__, (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;
-}
-