sysfs: Add support for permanently empty directories to serve as moun…

…t points. Add two functions sysfs_create_mount_point and sysfs_remove_mount_point that hang a permanently empty directory off of a kobject or remove a permanently emptpy directory hanging from a kobject. Export these new functions so modular filesystems can use them. Cc: [email protected] Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]>
thomasl · Jul 1, 2015 · 87d2846 · 87d2846
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diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -121,3 +121,37 @@ int sysfs_move_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent_kobj,
 
 	return kernfs_rename_ns(kn, new_parent, kn->name, new_ns);
 }
+
+/**
+ * sysfs_create_mount_point - create an always empty directory
+ * @parent_kobj:  kobject that will contain this always empty directory
+ * @name: The name of the always empty directory to add
+ */
+int sysfs_create_mount_point(struct kobject *parent_kobj, const char *name)
+{
+	struct kernfs_node *kn, *parent = parent_kobj->sd;
+
+	kn = kernfs_create_empty_dir(parent, name);
+	if (IS_ERR(kn)) {
+		if (PTR_ERR(kn) == -EEXIST)
+			sysfs_warn_dup(parent, name);
+		return PTR_ERR(kn);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_create_mount_point);
+
+/**
+ *	sysfs_remove_mount_point - remove an always empty directory.
+ *	@parent_kobj: kobject that will contain this always empty directory
+ *	@name: The name of the always empty directory to remove
+ *
+ */
+void sysfs_remove_mount_point(struct kobject *parent_kobj, const char *name)
+{
+	struct kernfs_node *parent = parent_kobj->sd;
+
+	kernfs_remove_by_name_ns(parent, name, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_mount_point);
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ int __must_check sysfs_rename_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name,
 int __must_check sysfs_move_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj,
 				   struct kobject *new_parent_kobj,
 				   const void *new_ns);
+int __must_check sysfs_create_mount_point(struct kobject *parent_kobj,
+					  const char *name);
+void sysfs_remove_mount_point(struct kobject *parent_kobj,
+			      const char *name);
 
 int __must_check sysfs_create_file_ns(struct kobject *kobj,
 				      const struct attribute *attr,
@@ -298,6 +302,17 @@ static inline int sysfs_move_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int sysfs_create_mount_point(struct kobject *parent_kobj,
+					   const char *name)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void sysfs_remove_mount_point(struct kobject *parent_kobj,
+					    const char *name)
+{
+}
+
 static inline int sysfs_create_file_ns(struct kobject *kobj,
 				       const struct attribute *attr,
 				       const void *ns)