3 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index cbc0f4bca0c0..90e4e2b398b6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -900,8 +900,7 @@ const struct inode_operations cifs_file_inode_ops = {
 
 const struct inode_operations cifs_symlink_inode_ops = {
 	.readlink = generic_readlink,
-	.follow_link = cifs_follow_link,
-	.put_link = kfree_put_link,
+	.get_link = cifs_get_link,
 	.permission = cifs_permission,
 	/* BB add the following two eventually */
 	/* revalidate: cifs_revalidate,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index c3cc1609025f..26a1187d4323 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -120,9 +120,8 @@ extern struct vfsmount *cifs_dfs_d_automount(struct path *path);
 #endif
 
 /* Functions related to symlinks */
-extern const char *cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, void **cookie);
-extern int cifs_readlink(struct dentry *direntry, char __user *buffer,
-			 int buflen);
+extern const char *cifs_get_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *,
+			struct delayed_call *);
 extern int cifs_symlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 			const char *symname);
 extern int	cifs_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index e3548f73bdea..062c2375549a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -627,9 +627,9 @@ cifs_hl_exit:
 }
 
 const char *
-cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, void **cookie)
+cifs_get_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct inode *inode,
+	      struct delayed_call *done)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(direntry);
 	int rc = -ENOMEM;
 	unsigned int xid;
 	char *full_path = NULL;
@@ -639,6 +639,9 @@ cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, void **cookie)
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
 
+	if (!direntry)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
+
 	xid = get_xid();
 
 	tlink = cifs_sb_tlink(cifs_sb);
@@ -678,7 +681,8 @@ cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, void **cookie)
 		kfree(target_path);
 		return ERR_PTR(rc);
 	}
-	return *cookie = target_path;
+	set_delayed_call(done, kfree_link, target_path);
+	return target_path;
 }
 
 int