- * v9fs_vfs_symlink - helper function to create symlinks
- * @dir: directory inode containing symlink
- * @dentry: dentry for symlink
- * @symname: symlink data
- *
- * See 9P2000.u RFC for more information
- *
- */
-
-static int
-v9fs_vfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
-{
- int retval = -EPERM;
- struct v9fs_fid *newfid;
- struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
- struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
- struct v9fs_stat *mistat = kmalloc(v9ses->maxdata, GFP_KERNEL);
-
- dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " %lu,%s,%s\n", dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name,
- symname);
-
- if (!mistat)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- if (!v9ses->extended) {
- dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "not extended\n");
- goto FreeFcall;
- }
-
- /* issue a create */
- retval = v9fs_create(dir, dentry, S_IFLNK, 0);
- if (retval != 0)
- goto FreeFcall;
-
- newfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry, FID_OP);
-
- /* issue a twstat */
- v9fs_blank_mistat(v9ses, mistat);
- strcpy(mistat->data + 1, symname);
- mistat->extension = mistat->data + 1;
- retval = v9fs_t_wstat(v9ses, newfid->fid, mistat, &fcall);
- if (retval < 0) {
- dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "v9fs_t_wstat error: %s\n",
- FCALL_ERROR(fcall));
- goto FreeFcall;
- }
-
- kfree(fcall);
-
- if (v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, newfid->fid, &fcall)) {
- dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk for symlink failed: %s\n",
- FCALL_ERROR(fcall));
- goto FreeFcall;
- }
-
- d_drop(dentry); /* FID - will this also clunk? */
-
- FreeFcall:
- kfree(mistat);
- kfree(fcall);
-
- return retval;
-}
-
-/**