1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 * fs/kernfs/symlink.c - kernfs symlink implementation
5 * Copyright (c) 2001-3 Patrick Mochel
6 * Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
7 * Copyright (c) 2007, 2013 Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
11 #include <linux/gfp.h>
12 #include <linux/namei.h>
14 #include "kernfs-internal.h"
17 * kernfs_create_link - create a symlink
18 * @parent: directory to create the symlink in
19 * @name: name of the symlink
20 * @target: target node for the symlink to point to
22 * Returns the created node on success, ERR_PTR() value on error.
23 * Ownership of the link matches ownership of the target.
25 struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_link(struct kernfs_node *parent,
27 struct kernfs_node *target)
29 struct kernfs_node *kn;
31 kuid_t uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
32 kgid_t gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
35 uid = target->iattr->ia_uid;
36 gid = target->iattr->ia_gid;
39 kn = kernfs_new_node(parent, name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, uid, gid,
42 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
44 if (kernfs_ns_enabled(parent))
46 kn->symlink.target_kn = target;
47 kernfs_get(target); /* ref owned by symlink */
49 error = kernfs_add_one(kn);
54 return ERR_PTR(error);
57 static int kernfs_get_target_path(struct kernfs_node *parent,
58 struct kernfs_node *target, char *path)
60 struct kernfs_node *base, *kn;
64 /* go up to the root, stop at the base */
66 while (base->parent) {
68 while (kn->parent && base != kn)
74 if ((s - path) + 3 >= PATH_MAX)
82 /* determine end of target string for reverse fillup */
84 while (kn->parent && kn != base) {
85 len += strlen(kn->name) + 1;
93 if ((s - path) + len >= PATH_MAX)
96 /* reverse fillup of target string from target to base */
98 while (kn->parent && kn != base) {
99 int slen = strlen(kn->name);
102 memcpy(s + len, kn->name, slen);
112 static int kernfs_getlink(struct inode *inode, char *path)
114 struct kernfs_node *kn = inode->i_private;
115 struct kernfs_node *parent = kn->parent;
116 struct kernfs_node *target = kn->symlink.target_kn;
119 down_read(&kernfs_rwsem);
120 error = kernfs_get_target_path(parent, target, path);
121 up_read(&kernfs_rwsem);
126 static const char *kernfs_iop_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
128 struct delayed_call *done)
134 return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
135 body = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
137 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
138 error = kernfs_getlink(inode, body);
139 if (unlikely(error < 0)) {
141 return ERR_PTR(error);
143 set_delayed_call(done, kfree_link, body);
147 const struct inode_operations kernfs_symlink_iops = {
148 .listxattr = kernfs_iop_listxattr,
149 .get_link = kernfs_iop_get_link,
150 .setattr = kernfs_iop_setattr,
151 .getattr = kernfs_iop_getattr,
152 .permission = kernfs_iop_permission,