6 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/init.c b/fs/init.c
index 5db9d9f74868..09ef2b58d48c 100644
--- a/fs/init.c
+++ b/fs/init.c
@@ -155,6 +155,22 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
+int __init init_symlink(const char *oldname, const char *newname)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct path path;
+	int error;
+
+	dentry = kern_path_create(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(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, oldname);
+	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
+	return error;
+}
+
 int __init init_unlink(const char *pathname)
 {
 	return do_unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, getname_kernel(pathname));
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 58451b033d26..40b50a222d7a 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ long do_mknodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, umode_t mode,
 long do_mkdirat(int dfd, const char __user *pathname, umode_t mode);
 long do_rmdir(int dfd, struct filename *name);
 long do_unlinkat(int dfd, struct filename *name);
-long do_symlinkat(const char __user *oldname, int newdfd,
-		  const char __user *newname);
 int may_linkat(struct path *link);
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 13de64c6be76..2f6fa53eb3da 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3955,7 +3955,7 @@ int vfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *oldname)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_symlink);
 
-long do_symlinkat(const char __user *oldname, int newdfd,
+static long do_symlinkat(const char __user *oldname, int newdfd,
 		  const char __user *newname)
 {
 	int error;
diff --git a/include/linux/init_syscalls.h b/include/linux/init_syscalls.h
index 5ca15a5b55b7..125f55ae3f80 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_syscalls.h
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ int __init init_chown(const char *filename, uid_t user, gid_t group, int flags);
 int __init init_chmod(const char *filename, umode_t mode);
 int __init init_eaccess(const char *filename);
 int __init init_link(const char *oldname, const char *newname);
+int __init init_symlink(const char *oldname, const char *newname);
 int __init init_unlink(const char *pathname);
 int __init init_rmdir(const char *pathname);
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 4b18b91ce465..7cdc0d749a04 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -1277,15 +1277,6 @@ static inline long ksys_mkdir(const char __user *pathname, umode_t mode)
 	return do_mkdirat(AT_FDCWD, pathname, mode);
 }
 
-extern long do_symlinkat(const char __user *oldname, int newdfd,
-			 const char __user *newname);
-
-static inline long ksys_symlink(const char __user *oldname,
-				const char __user *newname)
-{
-	return do_symlinkat(oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname);
-}
-
 extern long do_mknodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, umode_t mode,
 		       unsigned int dev);
 
diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 516a66900d7a..c91fc9a51d2a 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static int __init do_symlink(void)
 {
 	collected[N_ALIGN(name_len) + body_len] = '\0';
 	clean_path(collected, 0);
-	ksys_symlink(collected + N_ALIGN(name_len), collected);
+	init_symlink(collected + N_ALIGN(name_len), collected);
 	init_chown(collected, uid, gid, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
 	do_utime(collected, mtime);
 	state = SkipIt;