4 files changed, 15 insertions, 61 deletions

diff --git a/src/shared/path-util.c b/src/shared/path-util.c
index b51a68d6d2..70c8a8af06 100644
--- a/src/shared/path-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/path-util.c
@@ -264,12 +264,12 @@ char *path_kill_slashes(char *path) {
         return path;
 }
 
-bool path_startswith(const char *path, const char *prefix) {
+char* path_startswith(const char *path, const char *prefix) {
         assert(path);
         assert(prefix);
 
         if ((path[0] == '/') != (prefix[0] == '/'))
-                return false;
+                return NULL;
 
         for (;;) {
                 size_t a, b;
@@ -278,19 +278,19 @@ bool path_startswith(const char *path, const char *prefix) {
                 prefix += strspn(prefix, "/");
 
                 if (*prefix == 0)
-                        return true;
+                        return (char*) path;
 
                 if (*path == 0)
-                        return false;
+                        return NULL;
 
                 a = strcspn(path, "/");
                 b = strcspn(prefix, "/");
 
                 if (a != b)
-                        return false;
+                        return NULL;
 
                 if (memcmp(path, prefix, a) != 0)
-                        return false;
+                        return NULL;
 
                 path += a;
                 prefix += b;
diff --git a/src/shared/path-util.h b/src/shared/path-util.h
index a441783b15..e81821a28f 100644
--- a/src/shared/path-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/path-util.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ bool path_is_absolute(const char *p);
 char *path_make_absolute(const char *p, const char *prefix);
 char *path_make_absolute_cwd(const char *p);
 char *path_kill_slashes(char *path);
-bool path_startswith(const char *path, const char *prefix);
+char *path_startswith(const char *path, const char *prefix);
 bool path_equal(const char *a, const char *b);
 
 char **path_strv_make_absolute_cwd(char **l);
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index 6a40cf1d80..add3fdce53 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -4644,49 +4644,9 @@ int copy_file(const char *from, const char *to) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-int symlink_or_copy(const char *from, const char *to) {
-        char *pf = NULL, *pt = NULL;
-        struct stat a, b;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(from);
-        assert(to);
-
-        if (path_get_parent(from, &pf) < 0 ||
-            path_get_parent(to, &pt) < 0) {
-                r = -ENOMEM;
-                goto finish;
-        }
-
-        if (stat(pf, &a) < 0 ||
-            stat(pt, &b) < 0) {
-                r = -errno;
-                goto finish;
-        }
-
-        if (a.st_dev != b.st_dev) {
-                free(pf);
-                free(pt);
-
-                return copy_file(from, to);
-        }
-
-        if (symlink(from, to) < 0) {
-                r = -errno;
-                goto finish;
-        }
-
-        r = 0;
-
-finish:
-        free(pf);
-        free(pt);
-
-        return r;
-}
-
-int symlink_or_copy_atomic(const char *from, const char *to) {
-        char *t, *x;
+int symlink_atomic(const char *from, const char *to) {
+        char *x;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *t;
         const char *fn;
         size_t k;
         unsigned long long ull;
@@ -4714,22 +4674,16 @@ int symlink_or_copy_atomic(const char *from, const char *to) {
 
         *x = 0;
 
-        r = symlink_or_copy(from, t);
-        if (r < 0) {
-                unlink(t);
-                free(t);
-                return r;
-        }
+        if (symlink(from, t) < 0)
+                return -errno;
 
         if (rename(t, to) < 0) {
                 r = -errno;
                 unlink(t);
-                free(t);
                 return r;
         }
 
-        free(t);
-        return r;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 bool display_is_local(const char *display) {
diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index a3f825b5bb..2b75ba62f9 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ int terminal_vhangup(const char *name);
 int vt_disallocate(const char *name);
 
 int copy_file(const char *from, const char *to);
-int symlink_or_copy(const char *from, const char *to);
-int symlink_or_copy_atomic(const char *from, const char *to);
+
+int symlink_atomic(const char *from, const char *to);
 
 int fchmod_umask(int fd, mode_t mode);