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diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 77fd536106cb..d20191c0ebf5 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4346,6 +4346,20 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(rename, const char __user *, oldname, const char __user *, newna
return sys_renameat2(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname, 0);
}
+int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+ int error = may_create(dir, dentry);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+
+ if (!dir->i_op->mknod)
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ return dir->i_op->mknod(dir, dentry,
+ S_IFCHR | WHITEOUT_MODE, WHITEOUT_DEV);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_whiteout);
+
int readlink_copy(char __user *buffer, int buflen, const char *link)
{
int len = PTR_ERR(link);