From d90d6bb4b4820df6cb4b0747439293bb85b8cbec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel Braun <marcel.braun@ost.ch>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 20:17:43 +0200
Subject: Implement symlink read in inode, fix max amount of bytes to read

---
 kernel/src/filesystem/ext2/inode.cpp                 | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 kernel/src/filesystem/open_file_descriptor.tests.cpp | 13 ++++---------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

(limited to 'kernel/src')

diff --git a/kernel/src/filesystem/ext2/inode.cpp b/kernel/src/filesystem/ext2/inode.cpp
index 5b6bcb3..1914c70 100644
--- a/kernel/src/filesystem/ext2/inode.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/filesystem/ext2/inode.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 #include <kapi/system.hpp>
 
+#include <kstd/cstring>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
@@ -23,6 +25,17 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem::ext2
 
   auto inode::read(void * buffer, size_t offset, size_t size) const -> size_t
   {
+    // TODO BA-FS26 use revision 1 size
+    auto const max_readable = static_cast<size_t>(m_data.size) - offset;
+    auto const requested_size = std::min(size, max_readable);
+
+    if (is_symbolic_link() && m_data.size <= sizeof(m_data.block))
+    {
+      auto inline_target = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t const *>(m_data.block.data());
+      kstd::libc::memcpy(static_cast<uint8_t *>(buffer), inline_target + offset, requested_size);
+      return requested_size;
+    }
+
     auto block_index = offset / m_filesystem->get_block_size();
     auto in_block_offset = offset % m_filesystem->get_block_size();
 
@@ -40,7 +53,8 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem::ext2
 
       auto const block_start_offset = block_number * m_filesystem->get_block_size();
       auto const read_offset = block_start_offset + in_block_offset;
-      auto const bytes_to_read = std::min(size - bytes_read, m_filesystem->get_block_size() - in_block_offset);
+      auto const bytes_to_read =
+          std::min(requested_size - bytes_read, m_filesystem->get_block_size() - in_block_offset);
 
       bytes_read +=
           m_filesystem->backing_inode()->read(static_cast<uint8_t *>(buffer) + bytes_read, read_offset, bytes_to_read);
diff --git a/kernel/src/filesystem/open_file_descriptor.tests.cpp b/kernel/src/filesystem/open_file_descriptor.tests.cpp
index 095e203..53835ba 100644
--- a/kernel/src/filesystem/open_file_descriptor.tests.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/filesystem/open_file_descriptor.tests.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <kernel/filesystem/open_file_descriptor.hpp>
+
 #include <kernel/filesystem/vfs.hpp>
 #include <kernel/test_support/filesystem/inode.hpp>
 #include <kernel/test_support/filesystem/storage_boot_module_vfs_fixture.hpp>
@@ -83,17 +84,11 @@ SCENARIO_METHOD(kernel::tests::filesystem::storage_boot_module_vfs_fixture, "Ope
     {
       kstd::vector<std::byte> buffer(32);
       auto bytes_read = ofd->read(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
-      REQUIRE(bytes_read == 32);
-      REQUIRE(ofd->offset() == 32);
+      REQUIRE(bytes_read == 7);
+      REQUIRE(ofd->offset() == 7);
 
       std::string_view buffer_as_str{reinterpret_cast<char *>(buffer.data()), static_cast<size_t>(bytes_read)};
-      auto const content_end = buffer_as_str.find('\0');
-      REQUIRE(buffer_as_str.substr(0, content_end) == "info_1\n");
-
-      for (auto i = content_end; i < buffer_as_str.size(); ++i)
-      {
-        REQUIRE(buffer_as_str[i] == '\0');
-      }
+      REQUIRE(buffer_as_str == "info_1\n");
     }
 
     THEN("the file can be read multiple times")
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