diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/symlink.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/symlink.c
index 82c7c48..cd77b55 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/symlink.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/symlink.c
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ static const char *ll_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations ll_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.setattr	= ll_setattr,
 	.get_link	= ll_get_link,
 	.getattr	= ll_getattr,
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 30ca770..f4f4450 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -1464,7 +1464,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link = v9fs_vfs_get_link,
 	.getattr = v9fs_vfs_getattr,
 	.setattr = v9fs_vfs_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index afaa4b6..5999bd0 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -979,7 +979,6 @@ const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations_dotl = {
-	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link = v9fs_vfs_get_link_dotl,
 	.getattr = v9fs_vfs_getattr_dotl,
 	.setattr = v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl,
diff --git a/fs/affs/symlink.c b/fs/affs/symlink.c
index 69b03db..ae622cd 100644
--- a/fs/affs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/affs/symlink.c
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations affs_symlink_aops = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations affs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.setattr	= affs_notify_change,
 };
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/symlink.c b/fs/autofs4/symlink.c
index 99aab00..ab0b428 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/symlink.c
@@ -25,6 +25,5 @@ static const char *autofs4_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations autofs4_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= autofs4_get_link
 };
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 8e3a5a2..d9c0eb7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -10668,7 +10668,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_special_inode_operations = {
 	.update_time	= btrfs_update_time,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.getattr	= btrfs_getattr,
 	.setattr	= btrfs_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index ef4d046..9f12520 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1879,7 +1879,6 @@ void __ceph_do_pending_vmtruncate(struct inode *inode)
  * symlinks
  */
 static const struct inode_operations ceph_symlink_iops = {
-	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link = simple_get_link,
 	.setattr = ceph_setattr,
 	.getattr = ceph_getattr,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 15261ba..e6efb9a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -914,7 +914,6 @@ const struct inode_operations cifs_file_inode_ops = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations cifs_symlink_inode_ops = {
-	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link = cifs_get_link,
 	.permission = cifs_permission,
 	.listxattr = cifs_listxattr,
diff --git a/fs/coda/cnode.c b/fs/coda/cnode.c
index 1bfb7ba..f13e090 100644
--- a/fs/coda/cnode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/cnode.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ static inline int coda_fideq(struct CodaFid *fid1, struct CodaFid *fid2)
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations coda_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.setattr	= coda_setattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index db6d692..a6ab012 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ static const char *configfs_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 
 const struct inode_operations configfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.get_link = configfs_get_link,
-	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.setattr = configfs_setattr,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 4ea9d69..e7413f8 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations ecryptfs_symlink_iops = {
-	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link = ecryptfs_get_link,
 	.permission = ecryptfs_permission,
 	.setattr = ecryptfs_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/symlink.c b/fs/ext2/symlink.c
index 8437b19..eeffb01 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/symlink.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "xattr.h"
 
 const struct inode_operations ext2_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_symlink_inode_operations = {
 };
  
 const struct inode_operations ext2_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= simple_get_link,
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
diff --git a/fs/ext4/symlink.c b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
index 557b3b0..73b184d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
@@ -83,21 +83,18 @@ static const char *ext4_encrypted_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations ext4_encrypted_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= ext4_encrypted_get_link,
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext4_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= simple_get_link,
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 489fa0d..fcb00e7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -1075,7 +1075,6 @@ static const char *f2fs_encrypted_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations f2fs_encrypted_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink       = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link       = f2fs_encrypted_get_link,
 	.getattr	= f2fs_getattr,
 	.setattr	= f2fs_setattr,
@@ -1105,7 +1104,6 @@ const struct inode_operations f2fs_dir_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations f2fs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink       = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link       = f2fs_get_link,
 	.getattr	= f2fs_getattr,
 	.setattr	= f2fs_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index b3ebe51..0c07d0c 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1834,7 +1834,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations fuse_common_inode_operations = {
 static const struct inode_operations fuse_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= fuse_setattr,
 	.get_link	= fuse_get_link,
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.getattr	= fuse_getattr,
 	.listxattr	= fuse_listxattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index fe3f849..6cd9f84 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -2067,7 +2067,6 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
-	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link = gfs2_get_link,
 	.permission = gfs2_permission,
 	.setattr = gfs2_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 23e15ea..e61261a 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -920,7 +920,6 @@ static const char *hostfs_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations hostfs_link_iops = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= hostfs_get_link,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
index 8f3f085..d2fa138a 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 const struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
 {
-	.readlink =	generic_readlink,
 	.get_link =	simple_get_link,
 	.setattr =	jffs2_setattr,
 	.listxattr =	jffs2_listxattr,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/symlink.c b/fs/jfs/symlink.c
index c82404f..3832060 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/symlink.c
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@
 #include "jfs_xattr.h"
 
 const struct inode_operations jfs_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= simple_get_link,
 	.setattr	= jfs_setattr,
 	.listxattr	= jfs_listxattr,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations jfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.setattr	= jfs_setattr,
 	.listxattr	= jfs_listxattr,
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
index 9b43ca0..1684af4 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ static const char *kernfs_iop_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 
 const struct inode_operations kernfs_symlink_iops = {
 	.listxattr	= kernfs_iop_listxattr,
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= kernfs_iop_get_link,
 	.setattr	= kernfs_iop_setattr,
 	.getattr	= kernfs_iop_getattr,
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 48826d4..06e7e0c 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_get_link);
 
 const struct inode_operations simple_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.get_link = simple_get_link,
-	.readlink = generic_readlink
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_symlink_inode_operations);
 
diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index f975d66..e7d9bf8 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations minix_aops = {
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations minix_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.getattr	= minix_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b87465d..c9baf3b 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4813,7 +4813,6 @@ int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_symlink);
 
 const struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_symlink_inode_operations);
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
index f6cf4c7e..ba611bf 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ static void ncp_set_attr(struct inode *inode, struct ncp_entry_info *nwinfo)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NCPFS_EXTRAS) || defined(CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS)
 static const struct inode_operations ncp_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.setattr	= ncp_notify_change,
 };
diff --git a/fs/nfs/symlink.c b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
index 4fe3eea..5a1d0de 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ static const char *nfs_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
  * symlinks can't do much...
  */
 const struct inode_operations nfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= nfs_get_link,
 	.getattr	= nfs_getattr,
 	.setattr	= nfs_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 2b71c60..515d13c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ const struct inode_operations nilfs_special_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations nilfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.permission     = nilfs_permission,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
index 6ad8eec..94cfacc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations ocfs2_fast_symlink_aops = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ocfs2_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/symlink.c b/fs/orangefs/symlink.c
index 10b0b06..02b1bbd 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/symlink.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "orangefs-bufmap.h"
 
 const struct inode_operations orangefs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link = simple_get_link,
 	.setattr = orangefs_setattr,
 	.getattr = orangefs_getattr,
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 7fb53d0..19e0089 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations ovl_file_inode_operations = {
 static const struct inode_operations ovl_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= ovl_setattr,
 	.get_link	= ovl_get_link,
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.getattr	= ovl_getattr,
 	.listxattr	= ovl_listxattr,
 	.update_time	= ovl_update_time,
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index e69ebe6..827c0df 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ static const char *proc_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations proc_link_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= proc_get_link,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/self.c b/fs/proc/self.c
index b7a29e5..39857f6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/self.c
+++ b/fs/proc/self.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ static const char *proc_self_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations proc_self_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= proc_self_get_link,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/thread_self.c b/fs/proc/thread_self.c
index adaba20..20614b6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/thread_self.c
+++ b/fs/proc/thread_self.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ static const char *proc_thread_self_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations proc_thread_self_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= proc_thread_self_get_link,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index e6a2b40..bd39a99 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -1665,7 +1665,6 @@ const struct inode_operations reiserfs_dir_inode_operations = {
  * stuff added
  */
 const struct inode_operations reiserfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.setattr = reiserfs_setattr,
 	.listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/symlink.c b/fs/squashfs/symlink.c
index 79b9c31..befeba0 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/symlink.c
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations squashfs_symlink_aops = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations squashfs_symlink_inode_ops = {
-	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link = page_get_link,
 	.listxattr = squashfs_listxattr
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index d62c423..858fb72 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ static inline void write3byte(struct sysv_sb_info *sbi,
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations sysv_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.getattr	= sysv_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index b4fbeef..a7eae18 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1628,7 +1628,6 @@ const struct inode_operations ubifs_file_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ubifs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink    = generic_readlink,
 	.get_link    = simple_get_link,
 	.setattr     = ubifs_setattr,
 	.getattr     = ubifs_getattr,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index 405a65c..de79f29 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1122,7 +1122,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations xfs_dir_ci_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations xfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink		= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link		= xfs_vn_get_link,
 	.getattr		= xfs_vn_getattr,
 	.setattr		= xfs_vn_setattr,
@@ -1131,7 +1130,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations xfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations xfs_inline_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink		= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link		= xfs_vn_get_link_inline,
 	.getattr		= xfs_vn_getattr,
 	.setattr		= xfs_vn_setattr,
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 166ebf5..aa47e6b 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3174,7 +3174,6 @@ static ssize_t shmem_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
 #endif /* CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR */
 
 static const struct inode_operations shmem_short_symlink_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= simple_get_link,
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
 	.listxattr	= shmem_listxattr,
@@ -3182,7 +3181,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations shmem_short_symlink_operations = {
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.get_link	= shmem_get_link,
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
 	.listxattr	= shmem_listxattr,