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-rw-r--r--fs/kernfs/symlink.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
index 08ccabd7047f..5ffed48f3d0e 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);