On Mon, 2013-12-23 at 07:09 -0500, Robert Yang wrote: > The do_symlink_internal() is used for creating symlinks, most of the > code are from debugfs/debugfs.c, the debugfs/debugfs.c will be modified > to use this function. > > Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > misc/create_inode.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/misc/create_inode.c b/misc/create_inode.c > index 62a40de..45c8a87 100644 > --- a/misc/create_inode.c > +++ b/misc/create_inode.c > @@ -81,6 +81,40 @@ errcode_t do_mknod_internal(ext2_ino_t cwd, const char *name, struct stat *st) > /* Make a symlink name -> target */ > errcode_t do_symlink_internal(ext2_ino_t cwd, const char *name, char *target) > { > + char *cp; > + ext2_ino_t parent_ino; > + errcode_t retval; > + struct ext2_inode inode; > + struct stat st; > + > + cp = strrchr(name, '/'); > + if (cp) { > + *cp = 0; > + if ((retval = ext2fs_namei(current_fs, root, cwd, name, &parent_ino))){ > + com_err(name, retval, 0); > + return retval; > + } > + name = cp+1; > + } else { > + parent_ino = cwd; > + name = name; What is the intent of this assignment to self? It appears to be a conversion artifact from the debugfs do_symlink() function, and could be dropped. -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Linux Kernel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html