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@@ -451,9 +451,6 @@ otherwise noted.
exist; this is checked by the VFS. Unlike plain rename,
source and target may be of different type.
- readlink: called by the readlink(2) system call. Only required if
- you want to support reading symbolic links
-
get_link: called by the VFS to follow a symbolic link to the
inode it points to. Only required if you want to support
symbolic links. This method returns the symlink body
@@ -468,6 +465,12 @@ otherwise noted.
argument. If request can't be handled without leaving RCU mode,
have it return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD).
+ readlink: this is now just an override for use by readlink(2) for the
+ cases when ->get_link uses nd_jump_link() or object is not in
+ fact a symlink. Normally filesystems should only implement
+ ->get_link for symlinks and readlink(2) will automatically use
+ that.
+
permission: called by the VFS to check for access rights on a POSIX-like
filesystem.