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diff --git a/libdiskfs/diskfs.h b/libdiskfs/diskfs.h
index a8a8b9ce..53a65b52 100644
--- a/libdiskfs/diskfs.h
+++ b/libdiskfs/diskfs.h
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ extern int diskfs_minor_version;
extern int diskfs_edit_version;
/* The user may define this variable. This should be nonzero iff the
- filesystem format supports shortcutting symlink translation. */
+ filesystem format supports shortcutting symlink translation.
+ See also diskfs_create_symlink_hook below. */
int diskfs_shortcut_symlink;
/* The user may define this variable. This should be nonzero iff the
@@ -342,7 +343,9 @@ error_t diskfs_set_translator (struct node *np, char *name, u_int namelen,
/* The user must define this function. Truncate locked node NP to be SIZE
bytes long. (If NP is already less than or equal to SIZE bytes
- long, do nothing.) */
+ long, do nothing.) If this is a symlink (and diskfs_shortcut_symlink
+ is set) then this should clear the symlink, even if
+ diskfs_create_symlink_hook stores the link target elsewhere. */
error_t diskfs_truncate (struct node *np, off_t size);
/* The user must define this function. Grow the disk allocated to locked node
@@ -436,6 +439,12 @@ void diskfs_init_completed ();
/* It is assumed that the user will use the Hurd pager library; if not
you need to redefine ports_demuxer and
diskfs_do_seqnos_mach_notify_no_senders. */
+
+/* If this function is nonzero (and diskfs_shortcut_symlink is set) it
+ is called to set a symlink. If it returns EINVAL or isn't set,
+ then the normal method (writing the contents into the file data) is
+ used. If it returns any other error, it is returned to the user. */
+error_t (*diskfs_create_symlink_hook)(struct node *np, char *target);
/* The library exports the following functions for general use */