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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/open.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/open.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index 81dd92ac10ff..59071f55bf7f 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -859,6 +859,24 @@ static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, umode_t mode, struct open_flags *o } /** + * file_open_name - open file and return file pointer + * + * @name: struct filename containing path to open + * @flags: open flags as per the open(2) second argument + * @mode: mode for the new file if O_CREAT is set, else ignored + * + * This is the helper to open a file from kernelspace if you really + * have to. But in generally you should not do this, so please move + * along, nothing to see here.. + */ +struct file *file_open_name(struct filename *name, int flags, umode_t mode) +{ + struct open_flags op; + int lookup = build_open_flags(flags, mode, &op); + return do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, name, &op, lookup); +} + +/** * filp_open - open file and return file pointer * * @filename: path to open @@ -871,9 +889,8 @@ static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, umode_t mode, struct open_flags *o */ struct file *filp_open(const char *filename, int flags, umode_t mode) { - struct open_flags op; - int lookup = build_open_flags(flags, mode, &op); - return do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, filename, &op, lookup); + struct filename name = {.name = filename}; + return file_open_name(&name, flags, mode); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_open); @@ -901,7 +918,7 @@ long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, umode_t mode) if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) { fd = get_unused_fd_flags(flags); if (fd >= 0) { - struct file *f = do_filp_open(dfd, tmp->name, &op, lookup); + struct file *f = do_filp_open(dfd, tmp, &op, lookup); if (IS_ERR(f)) { put_unused_fd(fd); fd = PTR_ERR(f); |