@@ -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);
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ 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,
@@ -274,6 +278,17 @@ 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)
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled sysfs: Add support for permanently empty directories to serve as mount points. to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt15. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From f90673469ff403d72a368260037bbda37f19ca16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 16:31:40 -0500 Subject: sysfs: Add support for permanently empty directories to serve as mount points. commit 87d2846fcf88113fae2341da1ca9a71f0d916f2c upstream. 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. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- fs/sysfs/dir.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/sysfs.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+)