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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/anon_inodes.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/anon_inodes.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c index 0496cb5b6e..42bd1cb7c9 100644 --- a/fs/anon_inodes.c +++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c @@ -149,6 +149,38 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfile); /** + * anon_inode_getfile_fmode - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an + * anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class" + * of the file + * + * @name: [in] name of the "class" of the new file + * @fops: [in] file operations for the new file + * @priv: [in] private data for the new file (will be file's private_data) + * @flags: [in] flags + * @f_mode: [in] fmode + * + * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files + * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly. + * All the files created with anon_inode_getfile() will share a single inode, + * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry + * setup. Allows setting the fmode. Returns the newly created file* or an error + * pointer. + */ +struct file *anon_inode_getfile_fmode(const char *name, + const struct file_operations *fops, + void *priv, int flags, fmode_t f_mode) +{ + struct file *file; + + file = __anon_inode_getfile(name, fops, priv, flags, NULL, false); + if (!IS_ERR(file)) + file->f_mode |= f_mode; + + return file; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfile_fmode); + +/** * anon_inode_create_getfile - Like anon_inode_getfile(), but creates a new * !S_PRIVATE anon inode rather than reuse the * singleton anon inode and calls the @@ -271,6 +303,7 @@ int anon_inode_create_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops return __anon_inode_getfd(name, fops, priv, flags, context_inode, true); } + static int __init anon_inode_init(void) { anon_inode_mnt = kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type); |