From: Abbas Raza <Abbas_Raza@xxxxxxxxxx>
Add function to lookup a subdirectory in a directory by given name
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Abbas Raza <Abbas_Raza@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/generic.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/proc_fs.h | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index b796da2..e4f2320 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -406,6 +406,24 @@ static const struct dentry_operations proc_dentry_operations =
};
/*
+ * Lookup if a subdirectory is present in the given directory by name
+ */
+int proc_lookup_subdir_by_name(struct proc_dir_entry *dir, const char *name)
+{
+ struct proc_dir_entry *tmp;
+ int ret = -ENOENT;
+
+ spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
+ for (tmp = dir->subdir; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
+ if (strcmp(tmp->name, name) == 0)
+ ret = 0;
+ spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_lookup_subdir_by_name);
+
+/*
* Don't create negative dentries here, return -ENOENT by hand
* instead.
*/
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 32676b3..82acc6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_symlink(const char *,
extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir(const char *,struct proc_dir_entry *);
extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir_mode(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct proc_dir_entry *parent);
+extern int proc_lookup_subdir_by_name(struct proc_dir_entry *,
+ const char *name);
static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct proc_dir_entry *parent, const struct file_operations *proc_fops)
@@ -213,6 +215,8 @@ static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir(const char *name,
struct proc_dir_entry *parent) {return NULL;}
static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir_mode(const char *name,
umode_t mode, struct proc_dir_entry *parent) { return NULL; }
+static inline int proc_lookup_subdir_by_name(struct proc_dir_entry *,
+ const char *name) { return -ENOENT; }
static inline struct proc_dir_entry *create_proc_read_entry(const char *name,
umode_t mode, struct proc_dir_entry *base,
--
1.8.3.2
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