kernfs: implement kernfs_walk_and_get()
Implement kernfs_walk_and_get() which is similar to
kernfs_find_and_get() but can walk a path instead of just a name.
v2: Use strlcpy() instead of strlen() + memcpy() as suggested by
David.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index 5d4e9c4..af51df3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@
struct kernfs_node *kernfs_get_parent(struct kernfs_node *kn);
struct kernfs_node *kernfs_find_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
const char *name, const void *ns);
+struct kernfs_node *kernfs_walk_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
+ const char *path, const void *ns);
void kernfs_get(struct kernfs_node *kn);
void kernfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn);
@@ -350,6 +352,10 @@
kernfs_find_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *name,
const void *ns)
{ return NULL; }
+static inline struct kernfs_node *
+kernfs_walk_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *path,
+ const void *ns)
+{ return NULL; }
static inline void kernfs_get(struct kernfs_node *kn) { }
static inline void kernfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn) { }
@@ -431,6 +437,12 @@
}
static inline struct kernfs_node *
+kernfs_walk_and_get(struct kernfs_node *kn, const char *path)
+{
+ return kernfs_walk_and_get_ns(kn, path, NULL);
+}
+
+static inline struct kernfs_node *
kernfs_create_dir(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *name, umode_t mode,
void *priv)
{