1 files changed, 91 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index eba55a751..95ee1c127 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ static struct dentry * do_follow_link(struct dentry *base, struct dentry *dentry
 
 	if ((follow & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)
 	    && inode && inode->i_op && inode->i_op->follow_link) {
-		if (current->link_count < 5) {
+		if (current->link_count < 32) {
 			struct dentry * result;
 
 			current->link_count++;
@@ -1419,3 +1420,92 @@ asmlinkage long sys_rename(const char * oldname, const char * newname)
 	unlock_kernel();
 	return error;
 }
+
+int vfs_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen, char *link)
+{
+	u32 len;
+
+	len = PTR_ERR(link);
+	if (IS_ERR(link))
+		goto out;
+
+	len = strlen(link);
+	if (len > buflen)
+		len = buflen;
+	copy_to_user(buffer, link, len);
+out:
+	return len;
+}
+
+static inline struct dentry *
+__vfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *base,
+		unsigned follow, char *link)
+{
+	struct dentry *result;
+	UPDATE_ATIME(dentry->d_inode);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(link))
+		goto fail;
+
+	result = lookup_dentry(link, base, follow);
+	return result;
+
+fail:
+	dput(base);
+	return (struct dentry *)link;
+}
+
+struct dentry *
+vfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *base,
+unsigned int follow, char *link)
+{
+	return __vfs_follow_link(dentry,base,follow,link);
+}
+
+/* get the link contents into pagecache */
+static char *page_getlink(struct dentry * dentry, struct page **ppage)
+{
+	struct page * page;
+	page = read_cache_page(&dentry->d_inode->i_data, 0,
+				(filler_t *)dentry->d_inode->i_op->readpage,
+				dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(page))
+		goto sync_fail;
+	wait_on_page(page);
+	if (!Page_Uptodate(page))
+		goto async_fail;
+	*ppage = page;
+	return (char*) kmap(page);
+
+async_fail:
+	page_cache_release(page);
+	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+
+sync_fail:
+	return (char*)page;
+}
+
+int page_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
+{
+	struct page *page = NULL;
+	char *s = page_getlink(dentry, &page);
+	int res = vfs_readlink(dentry,buffer,buflen,s);
+	if (page) {
+		kunmap(page);
+		page_cache_release(page);
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+
+struct dentry *
+page_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *base, unsigned int follow)
+{
+	struct page *page = NULL;
+	char *s = page_getlink(dentry, &page);
+	struct dentry *res = __vfs_follow_link(dentry,base,follow,s);
+	if (page) {
+		kunmap(page);
+		page_cache_release(page);
+	}
+	return res;
+}