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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);