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-rw-r--r--fs/kernfs/symlink.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
index 08ccabd7047f..305b220af45d 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
* @target: target node for the symlink to point to
*
* Returns 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,
@@ -28,8 +29,16 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_create_link(struct kernfs_node *parent,
{
struct kernfs_node *kn;
int error;
+ kuid_t uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
+ kgid_t gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
- kn = kernfs_new_node(parent, name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, KERNFS_LINK);
+ if (target->iattr) {
+ uid = target->iattr->ia_iattr.ia_uid;
+ gid = target->iattr->ia_iattr.ia_gid;
+ }
+
+ kn = kernfs_new_node(parent, name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, uid, gid,
+ KERNFS_LINK);
if (!kn)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -88,7 +97,7 @@ static int kernfs_get_target_path(struct kernfs_node *parent,
int slen = strlen(kn->name);
len -= slen;
- strncpy(s + len, kn->name, slen);
+ memcpy(s + len, kn->name, slen);
if (len)
s[--len] = '/';