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diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
index 5dacd647ff0d..f607f0908cff 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
@@ -938,6 +938,61 @@ out:
 }
 
 /**
+ * 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;
+}
+
+/**
  * gfs2_readlink - Read the value of a symlink
  * @dentry: the symlink
  * @buf: the buffer to read the symlink data into