From c028c49c55a9dbb378732c035acd6c3485be4670 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bjorn3 <17426603+bjorn3@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:34:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] initfs: Symlinks should be resolved relative to symlink
 parent

---
 bootstrap/src/initfs.rs |  8 +-------
 initfs/tools/src/lib.rs | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bootstrap/src/initfs.rs b/bootstrap/src/initfs.rs
index 2ef8dcb21c..640a1f2636 100644
--- a/bootstrap/src/initfs.rs
+++ b/bootstrap/src/initfs.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use alloc::string::String;
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use redox_initfs::{InitFs, Inode, InodeDir, InodeKind, InodeStruct, types::Timespec};
 
-use redox_path::canonicalize_to_standard;
 use redox_rt::proc::FdGuard;
 use redox_scheme::{CallerCtx, OpenResult, RequestKind, scheme::SchemeSync};
 
@@ -238,12 +237,7 @@ impl SchemeSync for InitFsScheme {
             InodeKind::Dir(_) => Err(Error::new(EISDIR)),
             InodeKind::Link(link) => {
                 let link_data = link.data().map_err(|_| Error::new(EIO))?;
-                let path = core::str::from_utf8(link_data).map_err(|_| Error::new(ENOENT))?;
-                let cannonical =
-                    canonicalize_to_standard(Some("/"), path).ok_or_else(|| Error::new(ENOENT))?;
-                let data = cannonical.as_bytes();
-
-                let src_buf = &data[core::cmp::min(offset, data.len())..];
+                let src_buf = &link_data[core::cmp::min(offset, link_data.len())..];
 
                 let to_copy = core::cmp::min(src_buf.len(), buffer.len());
                 buffer[..to_copy].copy_from_slice(&src_buf[..to_copy]);
diff --git a/initfs/tools/src/lib.rs b/initfs/tools/src/lib.rs
index 3f11808091..238e52a282 100644
--- a/initfs/tools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/initfs/tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ fn read_directory(state: &mut State, path: &Path, root_path: &Path) -> Result<Di
                     link_parent.canonicalize()?.join(link_path.clone())
                 };
 
-                let root_path = root_path
+                let dir_path = path
                     .canonicalize()
-                    .context("Failed to cannonicalize root path")?;
-                let path = pathdiff::diff_paths(cannonical, &root_path).ok_or_else(|| {
+                    .context("Failed to cannonicalize path")?;
+                let path = pathdiff::diff_paths(cannonical, &dir_path).ok_or_else(|| {
                     anyhow!(
-                        "Failed to diff symlink path [{}] to root path [{}]",
+                        "Failed to diff symlink path [{}] to path [{}]",
                         link_path.display(),
-                        root_path.display()
+                        dir_path.display()
                     )
                 })?;
                 EntryKind::Link(path)