diff --git a/fs/smbfs/symlink.c b/fs/smbfs/symlink.c
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+/*
+ *  symlink.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002 by John Newbigin
+ *
+ *  Please add a note about your changes to smbfs in the ChangeLog file.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+
+#include <linux/smbno.h>
+#include <linux/smb_fs.h>
+
+#include "smb_debug.h"
+#include "proto.h"
+
+int smb_symlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry, const char *oldname)
+{
+	DEBUG1("create symlink %s -> %s/%s\n", oldname, DENTRY_PATH(dentry));
+
+	return smb_proc_symlink(server_from_dentry(dentry), dentry, oldname);
+}
+
+static int smb_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	char *link = __getname();
+	DEBUG1("followlink of %s/%s\n", DENTRY_PATH(dentry));
+
+	if (!link) {
+		link = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	} else {
+		int len = smb_proc_read_link(server_from_dentry(dentry),
+						dentry, link, PATH_MAX - 1);
+		if (len < 0) {
+			putname(link);
+			link = ERR_PTR(len);
+		} else {
+			link[len] = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	nd_set_link(nd, link);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void smb_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
+	if (!IS_ERR(s))
+		putname(s);
+}
+
+struct inode_operations smb_link_inode_operations =
+{
+	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
+	.follow_link	= smb_follow_link,
+	.put_link	= smb_put_link,
+};