2 files changed, 38 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index bf0f66f0e9b9..1f21cd85300c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4937,6 +4937,44 @@ inline struct dentry *start_creating_user_path(
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(start_creating_user_path);
 
+/**
+ * dentry_create - Create and open a file
+ * @path: path to create
+ * @flags: O_ flags
+ * @mode: mode bits for new file
+ * @cred: credentials to use
+ *
+ * Caller must hold the parent directory's lock, and have prepared
+ * a negative dentry, placed in @path->dentry, for the new file.
+ *
+ * Caller sets @path->mnt to the vfsmount of the filesystem where
+ * the new file is to be created. The parent directory and the
+ * negative dentry must reside on the same filesystem instance.
+ *
+ * On success, returns a "struct file *". Otherwise a ERR_PTR
+ * is returned.
+ */
+struct file *dentry_create(const struct path *path, int flags, umode_t mode,
+			   const struct cred *cred)
+{
+	struct file *f;
+	int error;
+
+	f = alloc_empty_file(flags, cred);
+	if (IS_ERR(f))
+		return f;
+
+	error = vfs_create(mnt_idmap(path->mnt), path->dentry, mode, NULL);
+	if (!error)
+		error = vfs_open(path, f);
+
+	if (unlikely(error)) {
+		fput(f);
+		return ERR_PTR(error);
+	}
+	return f;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_create);
 
 /**
  * vfs_mknod - create device node or file
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index f328622061c5..74c4c1462b3e 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1142,45 +1142,6 @@ struct file *dentry_open_nonotify(const struct path *path, int flags,
 }
 
 /**
- * dentry_create - Create and open a file
- * @path: path to create
- * @flags: O_ flags
- * @mode: mode bits for new file
- * @cred: credentials to use
- *
- * Caller must hold the parent directory's lock, and have prepared
- * a negative dentry, placed in @path->dentry, for the new file.
- *
- * Caller sets @path->mnt to the vfsmount of the filesystem where
- * the new file is to be created. The parent directory and the
- * negative dentry must reside on the same filesystem instance.
- *
- * On success, returns a "struct file *". Otherwise a ERR_PTR
- * is returned.
- */
-struct file *dentry_create(const struct path *path, int flags, umode_t mode,
-			   const struct cred *cred)
-{
-	struct file *f;
-	int error;
-
-	f = alloc_empty_file(flags, cred);
-	if (IS_ERR(f))
-		return f;
-
-	error = vfs_create(mnt_idmap(path->mnt), path->dentry, mode, NULL);
-	if (!error)
-		error = vfs_open(path, f);
-
-	if (unlikely(error)) {
-		fput(f);
-		return ERR_PTR(error);
-	}
-	return f;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_create);
-
-/**
  * kernel_file_open - open a file for kernel internal use
  * @path:	path of the file to open
  * @flags:	open flags