> There's just one problem: I need to call inode->i_op->readlink() to
> get the "value" of a symlink.
According to linus, readlink() is not guaranteed do exactly the same thing
as follow_link(). There's some craziness that goes on with /proc. I
think I found it in the source code at one point, but I forget exactly
where it was. Maybe Linus remembers?
--Scott
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