fs/kernfs/symlink.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
fs/kernfs/symlink.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 3547 bytes
- Lines
- 156
- 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/fs.hlinux/gfp.hlinux/namei.hkernfs-internal.h
Detected Declarations
function Copyrightfunction kernfs_get_target_pathfunction kernfs_getlink
Annotated Snippet
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* fs/kernfs/symlink.c - kernfs symlink implementation
*
* Copyright (c) 2001-3 Patrick Mochel
* Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
* Copyright (c) 2007, 2013 Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
*/
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/namei.h>
#include "kernfs-internal.h"
/**
* kernfs_create_link - create a symlink
* @parent: directory to create the symlink in
* @name: name of the symlink
* @target: target node for the symlink to point to
*
* Return: the created node on success, ERR_PTR() value on error.
* Ownership of the link matches ownership of the target.
*/
struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_link(struct kernfs_node *parent,
const char *name,
struct kernfs_node *target)
{
struct kernfs_node *kn;
int error;
kuid_t uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
kgid_t gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
if (target->iattr) {
uid = target->iattr->ia_uid;
gid = target->iattr->ia_gid;
}
kn = kernfs_new_node(parent, name, S_IFLNK|0777, uid, gid, KERNFS_LINK);
if (!kn)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
if (kernfs_ns_enabled(parent))
kn->ns = target->ns;
kn->symlink.target_kn = target;
kernfs_get(target); /* ref owned by symlink */
error = kernfs_add_one(kn);
if (!error)
return kn;
kernfs_put(kn);
return ERR_PTR(error);
}
static int kernfs_get_target_path(struct kernfs_node *parent,
struct kernfs_node *target, char *path)
{
struct kernfs_node *base, *kn;
char *s = path;
int len = 0;
/* go up to the root, stop at the base */
base = parent;
while (kernfs_parent(base)) {
kn = kernfs_parent(target);
while (kernfs_parent(kn) && base != kn)
kn = kernfs_parent(kn);
if (base == kn)
break;
if ((s - path) + 3 >= PATH_MAX)
return -ENAMETOOLONG;
strcpy(s, "../");
s += 3;
base = kernfs_parent(base);
}
/* determine end of target string for reverse fillup */
kn = target;
while (kernfs_parent(kn) && kn != base) {
len += strlen(kernfs_rcu_name(kn)) + 1;
kn = kernfs_parent(kn);
}
/* check limits */
if (len < 2)
return -EINVAL;
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/fs.h`, `linux/gfp.h`, `linux/namei.h`, `kernfs-internal.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function Copyright`, `function kernfs_get_target_path`, `function kernfs_getlink`.
- 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.