+/*
+ * Note that while the flag value (low two bits) for sys_open means:
+ * 00 - read-only
+ * 01 - write-only
+ * 10 - read-write
+ * 11 - special
+ * it is changed into
+ * 00 - no permissions needed
+ * 01 - read-permission
+ * 10 - write-permission
+ * 11 - read-write
+ * for the internal routines (ie open_namei()/follow_link() etc). 00 is
+ * used by symlinks.
+ */
+static struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *filename, int flags,
+ int mode)
+{
+ int namei_flags, error;
+ struct nameidata nd;
+
+ namei_flags = flags;
+ if ((namei_flags+1) & O_ACCMODE)
+ namei_flags++;
+
+ error = open_namei(dfd, filename, namei_flags, mode, &nd);
+ if (!error)
+ return nameidata_to_filp(&nd, flags);
+
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
+}
+
+struct file *filp_open(const char *filename, int flags, int mode)
+{
+ return do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, filename, flags, mode);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_open);
+
+/**
+ * lookup_instantiate_filp - instantiates the open intent filp
+ * @nd: pointer to nameidata
+ * @dentry: pointer to dentry
+ * @open: open callback
+ *
+ * Helper for filesystems that want to use lookup open intents and pass back
+ * a fully instantiated struct file to the caller.
+ * This function is meant to be called from within a filesystem's
+ * lookup method.
+ * Beware of calling it for non-regular files! Those ->open methods might block
+ * (e.g. in fifo_open), leaving you with parent locked (and in case of fifo,
+ * leading to a deadlock, as nobody can open that fifo anymore, because
+ * another process to open fifo will block on locked parent when doing lookup).
+ * Note that in case of error, nd->intent.open.file is destroyed, but the
+ * path information remains valid.
+ * If the open callback is set to NULL, then the standard f_op->open()
+ * filesystem callback is substituted.
+ */
+struct file *lookup_instantiate_filp(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
+ int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *))
+{
+ if (IS_ERR(nd->intent.open.file))
+ goto out;
+ if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+ goto out_err;
+ nd->intent.open.file = __dentry_open(dget(dentry), mntget(nd->mnt),
+ nd->intent.open.flags - 1,
+ nd->intent.open.file,
+ open);
+out:
+ return nd->intent.open.file;
+out_err:
+ release_open_intent(nd);
+ nd->intent.open.file = (struct file *)dentry;
+ goto out;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lookup_instantiate_filp);
+
+/**
+ * nameidata_to_filp - convert a nameidata to an open filp.
+ * @nd: pointer to nameidata
+ * @flags: open flags
+ *
+ * Note that this function destroys the original nameidata
+ */
+struct file *nameidata_to_filp(struct nameidata *nd, int flags)
+{
+ struct file *filp;
+
+ /* Pick up the filp from the open intent */
+ filp = nd->intent.open.file;
+ /* Has the filesystem initialised the file for us? */
+ if (filp->f_dentry == NULL)
+ filp = __dentry_open(nd->dentry, nd->mnt, flags, filp, NULL);
+ else
+ path_release(nd);
+ return filp;
+}
+
+/*
+ * dentry_open() will have done dput(dentry) and mntput(mnt) if it returns an
+ * error.
+ */
+struct file *dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags)
+{
+ int error;
+ struct file *f;
+
+ error = -ENFILE;
+ f = get_empty_filp();
+ if (f == NULL) {
+ dput(dentry);
+ mntput(mnt);
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
+ }
+
+ return __dentry_open(dentry, mnt, flags, f, NULL);
+}