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diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index df6327a2b865..e5dee5c3188e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
WARN(1, "create '/proc/%s' by hand\n", qstr.name);
return NULL;
}
+ if (is_empty_pde(*parent)) {
+ WARN(1, "attempt to add to permanently empty directory");
+ return NULL;
+ }
ent = kzalloc(sizeof(struct proc_dir_entry) + qstr.len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ent)
@@ -455,6 +459,25 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir(const char *name,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_mkdir);
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_mount_point(const char *name)
+{
+ umode_t mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
+ struct proc_dir_entry *ent, *parent = NULL;
+
+ ent = __proc_create(&parent, name, mode, 2);
+ if (ent) {
+ ent->data = NULL;
+ ent->proc_fops = NULL;
+ ent->proc_iops = NULL;
+ if (proc_register(parent, ent) < 0) {
+ kfree(ent);
+ parent->nlink--;
+ ent = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ return ent;
+}
+
struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
const struct file_operations *proc_fops,