fh_copy(&resp->dirfh, &argp->ffh);
        fh_init(&resp->fh, NFS3_FHSIZE);
        nfserr = nfsd_symlink(rqstp, &resp->dirfh, argp->fname, argp->flen,
-                                                  argp->tname, argp->tlen,
+                                                  argp->tname,
                                                   &resp->fh, &argp->attrs);
        RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 }
 
        case NF4LNK:
                status = nfsd_symlink(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh,
                                      create->cr_name, create->cr_namelen,
-                                     create->cr_linkname, create->cr_linklen,
+                                     create->cr_linkname,
                                      &resfh, &create->cr_iattr);
                break;
 
 
         */
        argp->tname[argp->tlen] = '\0';
        nfserr = nfsd_symlink(rqstp, &argp->ffh, argp->fname, argp->flen,
-                                                argp->tname, argp->tlen,
+                                                argp->tname,
                                                 &newfh, &argp->attrs);
 
 
 
 __be32
 nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
                                char *fname, int flen,
-                               char *path,  int plen,
+                               char *path,
                                struct svc_fh *resfhp,
                                struct iattr *iap)
 {
        int             host_err;
 
        err = nfserr_noent;
-       if (!flen || !plen)
+       if (!flen || path[0] == '\0')
                goto out;
        err = nfserr_exist;
        if (isdotent(fname, flen))
        if (IS_ERR(dnew))
                goto out_nfserr;
 
-       if (unlikely(path[plen] != 0)) {
-               char *path_alloced = kmalloc(plen+1, GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (path_alloced == NULL)
-                       host_err = -ENOMEM;
-               else {
-                       strncpy(path_alloced, path, plen);
-                       path_alloced[plen] = 0;
-                       host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path_alloced);
-                       kfree(path_alloced);
-               }
-       } else
-               host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path);
+       host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path);
        err = nfserrno(host_err);
        if (!err)
                err = nfserrno(commit_metadata(fhp));
 
 __be32         nfsd_readlink(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
                                char *, int *);
 __be32         nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
-                               char *name, int len, char *path, int plen,
+                               char *name, int len, char *path,
                                struct svc_fh *res, struct iattr *);
 __be32         nfsd_link(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
                                char *, int, struct svc_fh *);