1 files changed, 5 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index 63f644000ce5..e17a092f43ec 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -119,16 +119,11 @@ cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
         full_path = build_path_from_dentry(direntry);
 
         if (!full_path)
-                goto out_no_free;
+                goto out;
 
         cFYI(1, ("Full path: %s inode = 0x%p", full_path, inode));
         cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
         pTcon = cifs_sb->tcon;
-        target_path = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!target_path) {
-                target_path = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-                goto out;
-        }
 
         /* We could change this to:
                 if (pTcon->unix_ext)
@@ -138,8 +133,7 @@ cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
 
         if (pTcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_UNIX)
                 rc = CIFSSMBUnixQuerySymLink(xid, pTcon, full_path,
-                                             target_path,
-                                             PATH_MAX-1,
+                                             &target_path,
                                              cifs_sb->local_nls);
         else {
                 /* BB add read reparse point symlink code here */
@@ -148,22 +142,16 @@ cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
                 /* BB Add MAC style xsymlink check here if enabled */
         }
 
-        if (rc == 0) {
-
-/* BB Add special case check for Samba DFS symlinks */
-
-                target_path[PATH_MAX-1] = 0;
-        } else {
+        if (rc != 0) {
                 kfree(target_path);
                 target_path = ERR_PTR(rc);
         }
 
-out:
         kfree(full_path);
-out_no_free:
+out:
         FreeXid(xid);
         nd_set_link(nd, target_path);
-        return NULL;    /* No cookie */
+        return NULL;
 }
 
 int