[Devel] [PATCH RH9 5/6] fs: Revert ee1904ba44bd "make alloc_file() static"

[Kirill Tkhai]

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai at virtuozzo.com>
---
 fs/file_table.c      |    3 ++-
 include/linux/file.h |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 45437f8e1003..f624f1a069e8 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_file_noaccount(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
  * @flags: O_... flags with which the new file will be opened
  * @fop: the 'struct file_operations' for the new file
  */
-static struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *path, int flags,
+struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *path, int flags,
 		const struct file_operations *fop)
 {
 	struct file *file;
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ static struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *path, int flags,
 		i_readcount_inc(path->dentry->d_inode);
 	return file;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_file);
 
 struct file *alloc_file_pseudo(struct inode *inode, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 				const char *name, int flags,
diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index 2de2e4613d7b..bdaefc80bb28 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ struct vfsmount;
 struct dentry;
 struct inode;
 struct path;
+extern struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *path, int flags,
+				const struct file_operations *fop);
 extern struct file *alloc_file_pseudo(struct inode *, struct vfsmount *,
 	const char *, int flags, const struct file_operations *);
 extern struct file *alloc_file_clone(struct file *, int flags,