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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/open.c | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 2 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index ee893240d199..dd15711eb658 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -925,6 +925,24 @@ struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags, } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_open); +struct file *open_with_fake_path(const struct path *path, int flags, + struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred) +{ + struct file *f = alloc_empty_file(flags, cred); + if (!IS_ERR(f)) { + int error; + + f->f_path = *path; + error = do_dentry_open(f, inode, NULL); + if (error) { + fput(f); + f = ERR_PTR(error); + } + } + return f; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(open_with_fake_path); + static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, umode_t mode, struct open_flags *op) { int lookup_flags = 0; diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 05f34726e29c..4ff7b7012186 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2424,6 +2424,8 @@ extern struct file *filp_open(const char *, int, umode_t); extern struct file *file_open_root(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, const char *, int, umode_t); extern struct file * dentry_open(const struct path *, int, const struct cred *); +extern struct file * open_with_fake_path(const struct path *, int, + struct inode*, const struct cred *); static inline struct file *file_clone_open(struct file *file) { return dentry_open(&file->f_path, file->f_flags, file->f_cred); |