+ * gfs2_readlinki - return the contents of a symlink
+ * @ip: the symlink's inode
+ * @buf: a pointer to the buffer to be filled
+ * @len: a pointer to the length of @buf
+ *
+ * If @buf is too small, a piece of memory is kmalloc()ed and needs
+ * to be freed by the caller.
+ *
+ * Returns: errno
+ */
+
+static int gfs2_readlinki(struct gfs2_inode *ip, char **buf, unsigned int *len)
+{
+ struct gfs2_holder i_gh;
+ struct buffer_head *dibh;
+ unsigned int x;
+ int error;
+
+ gfs2_holder_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &i_gh);
+ error = gfs2_glock_nq(&i_gh);
+ if (error) {
+ gfs2_holder_uninit(&i_gh);
+ return error;
+ }
+
+ if (!ip->i_disksize) {
+ gfs2_consist_inode(ip);
+ error = -EIO;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ error = gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(ip, &dibh);
+ if (error)
+ goto out;
+
+ x = ip->i_disksize + 1;
+ if (x > *len) {
+ *buf = kmalloc(x, GFP_NOFS);
+ if (!*buf) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_brelse;
+ }
+ }
+
+ memcpy(*buf, dibh->b_data + sizeof(struct gfs2_dinode), x);
+ *len = x;
+
+out_brelse:
+ brelse(dibh);
+out:
+ gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&i_gh);
+ return error;
+}
+
+/**