8 files changed, 44 insertions, 62 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs/symlink.c b/fs/autofs/symlink.c
index f028396f1383..52e8772b066e 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/symlink.c
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 
 #include "autofs_i.h"
 
-static int autofs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+/* Nothing to release.. */
+static void *autofs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         char *s=((struct autofs_symlink *)dentry->d_inode->u.generic_ip)->data;
         nd_set_link(nd, s);
-        return 0;
+        return NULL;
 }
 
 struct inode_operations autofs_symlink_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 78af5850c558..1fd21f66f243 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ extern int cifs_dir_notify(struct file *, unsigned long arg);
 extern struct dentry_operations cifs_dentry_ops;
 
 /* Functions related to symlinks */
-extern int cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd);
-extern void cifs_put_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd);
+extern void *cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd);
+extern void cifs_put_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd, void *);
 extern int cifs_readlink(struct dentry *direntry, char __user *buffer, 
                          int buflen);
 extern int cifs_symlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index bde0fabfece0..ab925ef4f863 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ cifs_hl_exit:
         return rc;
 }
 
-int
+void *
 cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         struct inode *inode = direntry->d_inode;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ out:
 out_no_free:
         FreeXid(xid);
         nd_set_link(nd, target_path);
-        return 0;
+        return NULL;    /* No cookie */
 }
 
 int
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ cifs_readlink(struct dentry *direntry, char __user *pBuffer, int buflen)
         return rc;
 }
 
-void cifs_put_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
+void cifs_put_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd, void *cookie)
 {
         char *p = nd_get_link(nd);
         if (!IS_ERR(p))
diff --git a/fs/ext2/symlink.c b/fs/ext2/symlink.c
index 9f7bac01d557..1e67d87cfa91 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/symlink.c
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 
-static int ext2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static void *ext2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(dentry->d_inode);
         nd_set_link(nd, (char *)ei->i_data);
-        return 0;
+        return NULL;
 }
 
 struct inode_operations ext2_symlink_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ext3/symlink.c b/fs/ext3/symlink.c
index 8c3e72818fb0..4f79122cde67 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/symlink.c
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "xattr.h"
 
-static int ext3_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static void * ext3_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(dentry->d_inode);
         nd_set_link(nd, (char*)ei->i_data);
-        return 0;
+        return NULL;
 }
 
 struct inode_operations ext3_symlink_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b85f158aef0c..6ec1f0fefc5b 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ struct path {
 static inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         int error;
+        void *cookie;
         struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
 
         touch_atime(path->mnt, dentry);
@@ -508,13 +509,15 @@ static inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 
         if (path->mnt == nd->mnt)
                 mntget(path->mnt);
-        error = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, nd);
-        if (!error) {
+        cookie = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, nd);
+        error = PTR_ERR(cookie);
+        if (!IS_ERR(cookie)) {
                 char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
+                error = 0;
                 if (s)
                         error = __vfs_follow_link(nd, s);
                 if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link)
-                        dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, nd);
+                        dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, nd, cookie);
         }
         dput(dentry);
         mntput(path->mnt);
@@ -2344,15 +2347,17 @@ out:
 int generic_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
 {
         struct nameidata nd;
-        int res;
+        void *cookie;
+
         nd.depth = 0;
-        res = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, &nd);
-        if (!res) {
-                res = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, nd_get_link(&nd));
+        cookie = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, &nd);
+        if (!IS_ERR(cookie)) {
+                int res = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, nd_get_link(&nd));
                 if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link)
-                        dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, &nd);
+                        dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, &nd, cookie);
+                cookie = ERR_PTR(res);
         }
-        return res;
+        return PTR_ERR(cookie);
 }
 
 int vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *link)
@@ -2395,23 +2400,20 @@ int page_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
         return res;
 }
 
-int page_follow_link_light(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+void *page_follow_link_light(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-        struct page *page;
+        struct page *page = NULL;
         nd_set_link(nd, page_getlink(dentry, &page));
-        return 0;
+        return page;
 }
 
-void page_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+void page_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *cookie)
 {
-        if (!IS_ERR(nd_get_link(nd))) {
-                struct page *page;
-                page = find_get_page(dentry->d_inode->i_mapping, 0);
-                if (!page)
-                        BUG();
+        struct page *page = cookie;
+
+        if (page) {
                 kunmap(page);
                 page_cache_release(page);
-                page_cache_release(page);
         }
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/symlink.c b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
index 35f106599144..18dc95b0b646 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
@@ -27,26 +27,14 @@
 
 /* Symlink caching in the page cache is even more simplistic
  * and straight-forward than readdir caching.
- *
- * At the beginning of the page we store pointer to struct page in question,
- * simplifying nfs_put_link() (if inode got invalidated we can't find the page
- * to be freed via pagecache lookup).
- * The NUL-terminated string follows immediately thereafter.
  */
 
-struct nfs_symlink {
-        struct page *page;
-        char body[0];
-};
-
 static int nfs_symlink_filler(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 {
-        const unsigned int pgbase = offsetof(struct nfs_symlink, body);
-        const unsigned int pglen = PAGE_SIZE - pgbase;
         int error;
 
         lock_kernel();
-        error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readlink(inode, page, pgbase, pglen);
+        error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readlink(inode, page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
         unlock_kernel();
         if (error < 0)
                 goto error;
@@ -60,11 +48,10 @@ error:
         return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int nfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static void *nfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
         struct page *page;
-        struct nfs_symlink *p;
         void *err = ERR_PTR(nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode));
         if (err)
                 goto read_failed;
@@ -78,28 +65,20 @@ static int nfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
                 err = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
                 goto getlink_read_error;
         }
-        p = kmap(page);
-        p->page = page;
-        nd_set_link(nd, p->body);
-        return 0;
+        nd_set_link(nd, kmap(page));
+        return page;
 
 getlink_read_error:
         page_cache_release(page);
 read_failed:
         nd_set_link(nd, err);
-        return 0;
+        return NULL;
 }
 
-static void nfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static void nfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *cookie)
 {
-        char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
-        if (!IS_ERR(s)) {
-                struct nfs_symlink *p;
-                struct page *page;
-
-                p = container_of(s, struct nfs_symlink, body[0]);
-                page = p->page;
-
+        if (cookie) {
+                struct page *page = cookie;
                 kunmap(page);
                 page_cache_release(page);
         }
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index fae57c83a722..de402fa915f2 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -151,17 +151,17 @@ static int sysfs_getlink(struct dentry *dentry, char * path)
 
 }
 
-static int sysfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static void *sysfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         int error = -ENOMEM;
         unsigned long page = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
         if (page)
                 error = sysfs_getlink(dentry, (char *) page); 
         nd_set_link(nd, error ? ERR_PTR(error) : (char *)page);
-        return 0;
+        return NULL;
 }
 
-static void sysfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static void sysfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *cookie)
 {
         char *page = nd_get_link(nd);
         if (!IS_ERR(page))