linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 03/68] init_symlink(): turn into a trivial wrapper for do

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Message-ID: <20260114043310.3885463-4-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 04:32:05 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>,
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	audit@...r.kernel.org,
	io-uring@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 03/68] init_symlink(): turn into a trivial wrapper for do_symlinkat()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/init.c | 15 ++-------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/init.c b/fs/init.c
index 4b1fd7675095..27e149a4e8ce 100644
--- a/fs/init.c
+++ b/fs/init.c
@@ -180,19 +180,8 @@ int __init init_link(const char *oldname, const char *newname)
 
 int __init init_symlink(const char *oldname, const char *newname)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-	struct path path;
-	int error;
-
-	dentry = start_creating_path(AT_FDCWD, newname, &path, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
-	error = security_path_symlink(&path, dentry, oldname);
-	if (!error)
-		error = vfs_symlink(mnt_idmap(path.mnt), path.dentry->d_inode,
-				    dentry, oldname, NULL);
-	end_creating_path(&path, dentry);
-	return error;
+	return do_symlinkat(getname_kernel(oldname), AT_FDCWD,
+			    getname_kernel(newname));
 }
 
 int __init init_unlink(const char *pathname)
-- 
2.47.3