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-rw-r--r--fs/dcache.c11
-rw-r--r--include/linux/dcache.h1
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 89509b5..ba96005 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,14 @@ static struct dentry * __d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode)
return alias;
}
-static struct dentry * d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode)
+/**
+ * d_find_any_alias - find any alias for a given inode
+ * @inode: inode to find an alias for
+ *
+ * If any aliases exist for the given inode, take and return a
+ * reference for one of them. If no aliases exist, return %NULL.
+ */
+struct dentry *d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode)
{
struct dentry *de;
@@ -1480,7 +1487,7 @@ static struct dentry * d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode)
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
return de;
}
-
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_find_any_alias);
/**
* d_obtain_alias - find or allocate a dentry for a given inode
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index ed9f74f..3871ba7 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ extern struct dentry * d_alloc(struct dentry *, const struct qstr *);
extern struct dentry * d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block *, const struct qstr *);
extern struct dentry * d_splice_alias(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
extern struct dentry * d_add_ci(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct qstr *);
+extern struct dentry *d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode);
extern struct dentry * d_obtain_alias(struct inode *);
extern void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *);
extern void shrink_dcache_parent(struct dentry *);
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