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.\"      Date: July 2017
.\"    Manual: The Linux VFS
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.6
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.TH "VFS_READLINK" "9" "July 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "The Linux VFS"
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.SH "NAME"
vfs_readlink \- copy symlink body into userspace buffer
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ vfs_readlink('u
.BI "int vfs_readlink(struct\ dentry\ *\ " "dentry" ", char\ __user\ *\ " "buffer" ", int\ " "buflen" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct dentry * dentry\fR
.RS 4
dentry on which to get symbolic link
.RE
.PP
\fIchar __user * buffer\fR
.RS 4
user memory pointer
.RE
.PP
\fIint buflen\fR
.RS 4
size of buffer
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Does not touch atime\&. That\*(Aqs up to the caller if necessary
.PP
Does not call security hook\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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