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@@ -596,3 +596,7 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
[mandatory]
->rename() has an added flags argument. Any flags not handled by the
filesystem should result in EINVAL being returned.
+--
+[recommended]
+ ->readlink is optional for symlinks. Don't set, unless filesystem needs
+ to fake something for readlink(2).
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