new helpers: kern_path_create/user_path_create
combination of kern_path_parent() and lookup_create(). Does *not*
expose struct nameidata to caller. Syscalls converted to that...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 3439ab8..b8cea80 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);
+extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, int);
+extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, int);
extern int kern_path_parent(const char *, struct nameidata *);
extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
const char *, unsigned int, struct nameidata *);