fs/efs/symlink.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/fs/efs/symlink.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
fs/efs/symlink.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 1149 bytes
- Lines
- 51
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- VFS And Filesystem Core
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Allocates kernel memory; connect allocation flags and lifetime to context constraints.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/string.hlinux/pagemap.hlinux/buffer_head.hefs.h
Detected Declarations
function Copyright
Annotated Snippet
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* symlink.c
*
* Copyright (c) 1999 Al Smith
*
* Portions derived from work (c) 1995,1996 Christian Vogelgsang.
*/
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
#include "efs.h"
static int efs_symlink_read_folio(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
{
char *link = folio_address(folio);
struct buffer_head *bh;
struct inode *inode = folio->mapping->host;
efs_block_t size = inode->i_size;
int err;
err = -ENAMETOOLONG;
if (size > 2 * EFS_BLOCKSIZE)
goto fail;
/* read first 512 bytes of link target */
err = -EIO;
bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, efs_bmap(inode, 0));
if (!bh)
goto fail;
memcpy(link, bh->b_data, (size > EFS_BLOCKSIZE) ? EFS_BLOCKSIZE : size);
brelse(bh);
if (size > EFS_BLOCKSIZE) {
bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, efs_bmap(inode, 1));
if (!bh)
goto fail;
memcpy(link + EFS_BLOCKSIZE, bh->b_data, size - EFS_BLOCKSIZE);
brelse(bh);
}
link[size] = '\0';
err = 0;
fail:
folio_end_read(folio, err == 0);
return err;
}
const struct address_space_operations efs_symlink_aops = {
.read_folio = efs_symlink_read_folio
};
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/string.h`, `linux/pagemap.h`, `linux/buffer_head.h`, `efs.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function Copyright`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / VFS And Filesystem Core.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.