return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
-static void configfs_put_link(struct inode *unused, void *cookie)
-{
-       free_page((unsigned long)cookie);
-}
-
 const struct inode_operations configfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
        .follow_link = configfs_follow_link,
        .readlink = generic_readlink,
-       .put_link = configfs_put_link,
+       .put_link = free_page_put_link,
        .setattr = configfs_setattr,
 };
 
 
        return link;
 }
 
-static void fuse_put_link(struct inode *unused, void *cookie)
-{
-       free_page((unsigned long) cookie);
-}
-
 static int fuse_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
        return fuse_open_common(inode, file, true);
 static const struct inode_operations fuse_symlink_inode_operations = {
        .setattr        = fuse_setattr,
        .follow_link    = fuse_follow_link,
-       .put_link       = fuse_put_link,
+       .put_link       = free_page_put_link,
        .readlink       = generic_readlink,
        .getattr        = fuse_getattr,
        .setxattr       = fuse_setxattr,
 
        return *cookie = (char *)page;
 }
 
-static void kernfs_iop_put_link(struct inode *unused, void *cookie)
-{
-       free_page((unsigned long)cookie);
-}
-
 const struct inode_operations kernfs_symlink_iops = {
        .setxattr       = kernfs_iop_setxattr,
        .removexattr    = kernfs_iop_removexattr,
        .listxattr      = kernfs_iop_listxattr,
        .readlink       = generic_readlink,
        .follow_link    = kernfs_iop_follow_link,
-       .put_link       = kernfs_iop_put_link,
+       .put_link       = free_page_put_link,
        .setattr        = kernfs_iop_setattr,
        .getattr        = kernfs_iop_getattr,
        .permission     = kernfs_iop_permission,
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_put_link);
 
+void free_page_put_link(struct inode *unused, void *cookie)
+{
+       free_page((unsigned long) cookie);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_page_put_link);
+
 /*
  * nop .set_page_dirty method so that people can use .page_mkwrite on
  * anon inodes.
 
 extern int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len);
 extern const struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations;
 extern void kfree_put_link(struct inode *, void *);
+extern void free_page_put_link(struct inode *, void *);
 extern int generic_readlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int);
 extern void generic_fillattr(struct inode *, struct kstat *);
 int vfs_getattr_nosec(struct path *path, struct kstat *stat);