diff -auNr mtd/fs/jffs2/dir.c mtd-symlink/fs/jffs2/dir.c
--- mtd/fs/jffs2/dir.c	2004-11-16 23:36:11.000000000 +0300
+++ mtd-symlink/fs/jffs2/dir.c	2005-02-28 17:35:44.106284864 +0300
@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@
 	struct jffs2_full_dirent *fd;
 	int namelen;
 	uint32_t alloclen, phys_ofs;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, targetlen = strlen(target);
 
 	/* FIXME: If you care. We'd need to use frags for the target
 	   if it grows much more than this */
-	if (strlen(target) > 254)
+	if (targetlen > 254)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ri = jffs2_alloc_raw_inode();
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 	 * Just the node will do for now, though 
 	 */
 	namelen = dentry->d_name.len;
-	ret = jffs2_reserve_space(c, sizeof(*ri) + strlen(target), &phys_ofs, &alloclen, ALLOC_NORMAL);
+	ret = jffs2_reserve_space(c, sizeof(*ri) + targetlen, &phys_ofs, &alloclen, ALLOC_NORMAL);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		jffs2_free_raw_inode(ri);
@@ -333,16 +333,16 @@
 
 	f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
 
-	inode->i_size = strlen(target);
+	inode->i_size = targetlen;
 	ri->isize = ri->dsize = ri->csize = cpu_to_je32(inode->i_size);
 	ri->totlen = cpu_to_je32(sizeof(*ri) + inode->i_size);
 	ri->hdr_crc = cpu_to_je32(crc32(0, ri, sizeof(struct jffs2_unknown_node)-4));
 
 	ri->compr = JFFS2_COMPR_NONE;
-	ri->data_crc = cpu_to_je32(crc32(0, target, strlen(target)));
+	ri->data_crc = cpu_to_je32(crc32(0, target, targetlen));
 	ri->node_crc = cpu_to_je32(crc32(0, ri, sizeof(*ri)-8));
 	
-	fn = jffs2_write_dnode(c, f, ri, target, strlen(target), phys_ofs, ALLOC_NORMAL);
+	fn = jffs2_write_dnode(c, f, ri, target, targetlen, phys_ofs, ALLOC_NORMAL);
 
 	jffs2_free_raw_inode(ri);
 
@@ -353,6 +353,20 @@
 		jffs2_clear_inode(inode);
 		return PTR_ERR(fn);
 	}
+
+	/* We use f->dents field to store the target path. */
+	f->dents = kmalloc(targetlen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!f->dents) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Can't allocate %d bytes of memory\n", targetlen + 1);
+		up(&f->sem);
+		jffs2_complete_reservation(c);
+		jffs2_clear_inode(inode);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(f->dents, target, targetlen + 1);
+	D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_symlink: symlink's target '%s' cached\n", (char *)f->dents));
+
 	/* No data here. Only a metadata node, which will be 
 	   obsoleted by the first data write
 	*/
diff -auNr mtd/fs/jffs2/read.c mtd-symlink/fs/jffs2/read.c
--- mtd/fs/jffs2/read.c	2004-11-16 23:36:12.000000000 +0300
+++ mtd-symlink/fs/jffs2/read.c	2005-02-28 17:35:21.933773480 +0300
@@ -214,33 +214,3 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Core function to read symlink target. */
-char *jffs2_getlink(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_info *f)
-{
-	char *buf;
-	int ret;
-
-	down(&f->sem);
-
-	if (!f->metadata) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "No metadata for symlink inode #%u\n", f->inocache->ino);
-		up(&f->sem);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	}
-	buf = kmalloc(f->metadata->size+1, GFP_USER);
-	if (!buf) {
-		up(&f->sem);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-	buf[f->metadata->size]=0;
-
-	ret = jffs2_read_dnode(c, f, f->metadata, buf, 0, f->metadata->size);
-
-	up(&f->sem);
-
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(buf);
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
-	}
-	return buf;
-}
diff -auNr mtd/fs/jffs2/symlink.c mtd-symlink/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
--- mtd/fs/jffs2/symlink.c	2004-11-16 23:36:12.000000000 +0300
+++ mtd-symlink/fs/jffs2/symlink.c	2005-02-28 17:35:21.935772625 +0300
@@ -19,27 +19,33 @@
 #include "nodelist.h"
 
 static int jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
-static void jffs2_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
 
 struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
 {	
 	.readlink =	generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link =	jffs2_follow_link,
-	.put_link =	jffs2_put_link,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr
 };
 
 static int jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	unsigned char *buf;
-	buf = jffs2_getlink(JFFS2_SB_INFO(dentry->d_inode->i_sb), JFFS2_INODE_INFO(dentry->d_inode));
-	nd_set_link(nd, buf);
+	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(dentry->d_inode);
+	
+	down(&f->sem);
+	if (!f->dents) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "jffs2_follow_link(): can't find symlink taerget\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+	D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_follow_link(): target path is '%s'\n", (char *) f->dents));
+
+	nd_set_link(nd, (char *)f->dents);
+	
+	/*
+	 * We unlock the f->sem mutex but VFS will use the f->dents string. This is safe
+	 * since the only way that may cause f->dents to be changed is iput() operation.
+	 * But VFS will not use f->dents after iput() has been called.
+	 */
+	up(&f->sem);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void jffs2_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
-	if (!IS_ERR(s))
-		kfree(s);
-}