debugfs: implement symbolic links
debugfs: implement symbolic links
Implement a new function debugfs_create_symlink() which can be used
to create symbolic links in debugfs. This function can be useful
for people moving functionality from /proc to debugfs (e.g. the
gcov-kernel patch).
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <peter.oberparleiter@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 047567d..9fa0983 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
struct dentry *debugfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent);
+struct dentry *debugfs_create_symlink(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
+ const char *dest);
+
void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry);
struct dentry *debugfs_create_u8(const char *name, mode_t mode,
@@ -70,6 +73,13 @@
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}
+static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_symlink(const char *name,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ const char *dest)
+{
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+}
+
static inline void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
{ }