diff --git a/fs/ext2/symlink.c b/fs/ext2/symlink.c
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+/*
+ *  linux/fs/ext2/symlink.c
+ *
+ * Only fast symlinks left here - the rest is done by generic code. AV, 1999
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
+ * Remy Card (card@masi.ibp.fr)
+ * Laboratoire MASI - Institut Blaise Pascal
+ * Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
+ *
+ *  from
+ *
+ *  linux/fs/minix/symlink.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
+ *
+ *  ext2 symlink handling code
+ */
+
+#include "ext2.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+
+static int ext2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(dentry->d_inode);
+	nd_set_link(nd, (char *)ei->i_data);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct inode_operations ext2_symlink_inode_operations = {
+	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
+	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
+	.put_link	= page_put_link,
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
+	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
+	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
+	.listxattr	= ext2_listxattr,
+	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
+#endif
+};
+ 
+struct inode_operations ext2_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
+	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
+	.follow_link	= ext2_follow_link,
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
+	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
+	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
+	.listxattr	= ext2_listxattr,
+	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
+#endif
+};