From: Angelo Ruocco <angeloruocco90@xxxxxxxxx>
The kernfs pseudo file system doesn't export any function to only find
a node by name, without also getting a reference on it.
But in some cases it is useful to just locate a kernfs node, while
using it or not depends on some other condition.
This commit adds a function to just look for a node, without getting
a reference on it.
Signed-off-by: Angelo Ruocco <angeloruocco90@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/kernfs/dir.c | 13 +++++++++++++
include/linux/kernfs.h | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 4ca0b5c18192..0003c665869d 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -892,6 +892,19 @@ static struct kernfs_node *kernfs_walk_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
return parent;
}
+struct kernfs_node *kernfs_find(struct kernfs_node *parent,
+ const unsigned char *name)
+{
+ struct kernfs_node *kn;
+
+ mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
+ kn = kernfs_find_ns(parent, name, NULL);
+ mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
+
+ return kn;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernfs_find);
+
/**
* kernfs_find_and_get_ns - find and get kernfs_node with the given name
* @parent: kernfs_node to search under
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index 5b36b1287a5a..26e69d285964 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ void pr_cont_kernfs_path(struct kernfs_node *kn);
struct kernfs_node *kernfs_get_parent(struct kernfs_node *kn);
struct kernfs_node *kernfs_find_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
const char *name, const void *ns);
+struct kernfs_node *kernfs_find(struct kernfs_node *parent,
+ const unsigned char *name);
struct kernfs_node *kernfs_walk_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
const char *path, const void *ns);
void kernfs_get(struct kernfs_node *kn);
@@ -391,6 +393,11 @@ static inline struct kernfs_node *
kernfs_find_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *name,
const void *ns)
{ return NULL; }
+
+static inline struct kernfs_node *
+kernfs_find(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *name)
+{ return NULL; }
+
static inline struct kernfs_node *
kernfs_walk_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *path,
const void *ns)
--
2.16.1
