1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 617de9e9967b..4fb52f0ca5cb 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4297,11 +4297,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(rename, const char __user *, oldname, const char __user *, newna
         return sys_renameat(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname);
 }
 
-int vfs_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen, const char *link)
+int readlink_copy(char __user *buffer, int buflen, const char *link)
 {
-        int len;
-
-        len = PTR_ERR(link);
+        int len = PTR_ERR(link);
         if (IS_ERR(link))
                 goto out;
 
@@ -4313,7 +4311,7 @@ int vfs_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen, const c
 out:
         return len;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_readlink);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(readlink_copy);
 
 /*
  * A helper for ->readlink().  This should be used *ONLY* for symlinks that
@@ -4331,7 +4329,7 @@ int generic_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
         if (IS_ERR(cookie))
                 return PTR_ERR(cookie);
 
-        res = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, nd_get_link(&nd));
+        res = readlink_copy(buffer, buflen, nd_get_link(&nd));
         if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link)
                 dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, &nd, cookie);
         return res;
@@ -4356,8 +4354,7 @@ static char *page_getlink(struct dentry * dentry, struct page **ppage)
 int page_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
 {
         struct page *page = NULL;
-        char *s = page_getlink(dentry, &page);
-        int res = vfs_readlink(dentry,buffer,buflen,s);
+        int res = readlink_copy(buffer, buflen, page_getlink(dentry, &page));
         if (page) {
                 kunmap(page);
                 page_cache_release(page);