4 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 32f4228efcd5..f25caf2b0887 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
         int rc;
         struct dentry *lower_dentry;
         struct dentry *lower_dir_dentry;
-        umode_t mode;
         char *encoded_symname;
         int encoded_symlen;
         struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat = NULL;
@@ -473,7 +472,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
         lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
         dget(lower_dentry);
         lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry);
-        mode = S_IALLUGO;
         encoded_symlen = ecryptfs_encode_filename(crypt_stat, symname,
                                                   strlen(symname),
                                                   &encoded_symname);
@@ -482,7 +480,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                 goto out_lock;
         }
         rc = vfs_symlink(lower_dir_dentry->d_inode, lower_dentry,
-                         encoded_symname, mode);
+                         encoded_symname);
         kfree(encoded_symname);
         if (rc || !lower_dentry->d_inode)
                 goto out_lock;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 3b67be7631dc..ae0e56fdb742 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_unlink(const char __user *pathname)
         return do_unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, pathname);
 }
 
-int vfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *oldname, int mode)
+int vfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *oldname)
 {
         int error = may_create(dir, dentry, NULL);
 
@@ -2483,7 +2483,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_symlinkat(const char __user *oldname,
         error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
         if (error)
                 goto out_dput;
-        error = vfs_symlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from, S_IALLUGO);
+        error = vfs_symlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from);
         mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 out_dput:
         dput(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 0f4481e0502d..ad1ad59e3742 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1516,7 +1516,6 @@ nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
         struct dentry   *dentry, *dnew;
         __be32          err, cerr;
         int             host_err;
-        umode_t         mode;
 
         err = nfserr_noent;
         if (!flen || !plen)
@@ -1535,11 +1534,6 @@ nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
         if (IS_ERR(dnew))
                 goto out_nfserr;
 
-        mode = S_IALLUGO;
-        /* Only the MODE ATTRibute is even vaguely meaningful */
-        if (iap && (iap->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
-                mode = iap->ia_mode & S_IALLUGO;
-
         host_err = mnt_want_write(fhp->fh_export->ex_path.mnt);
         if (host_err)
                 goto out_nfserr;
@@ -1551,11 +1545,11 @@ nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
                 else {
                         strncpy(path_alloced, path, plen);
                         path_alloced[plen] = 0;
-                        host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path_alloced, mode);
+                        host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path_alloced);
                         kfree(path_alloced);
                 }
         } else
-                host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path, mode);
+                host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path);
 
         if (!host_err) {
                 if (EX_ISSYNC(fhp->fh_export))
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1a3546e69f9e..25998e803fc2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ extern int vfs_permission(struct nameidata *, int);
 extern int vfs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int, struct nameidata *);
 extern int vfs_mkdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern int vfs_mknod(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int, dev_t);
-extern int vfs_symlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *, const char *, int);
+extern int vfs_symlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *, const char *);
 extern int vfs_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern int vfs_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);