kernfs: implement kernfs_walk_and_get()

Implement kernfs_walk_and_get() which is similar to
kernfs_find_and_get() but can walk a path instead of just a name.

v2: Use strlcpy() instead of strlen() + memcpy() as suggested by
    David.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index 5d4e9c4b821d..af51df35d749 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ void pr_cont_kernfs_path(struct kernfs_node *kn);
 struct kernfs_node *kernfs_get_parent(struct kernfs_node *kn);
 struct kernfs_node *kernfs_find_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
 					   const char *name, const void *ns);
+struct kernfs_node *kernfs_walk_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent,
+					   const char *path, const void *ns);
 void kernfs_get(struct kernfs_node *kn);
 void kernfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn);
 
@@ -350,6 +352,10 @@ static inline struct kernfs_node *
 kernfs_find_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *name,
 		       const void *ns)
 { return NULL; }
+static inline struct kernfs_node *
+kernfs_walk_and_get_ns(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *path,
+		       const void *ns)
+{ return NULL; }
 
 static inline void kernfs_get(struct kernfs_node *kn) { }
 static inline void kernfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn) { }
@@ -431,6 +437,12 @@ kernfs_find_and_get(struct kernfs_node *kn, const char *name)
 }
 
 static inline struct kernfs_node *
+kernfs_walk_and_get(struct kernfs_node *kn, const char *path)
+{
+	return kernfs_walk_and_get_ns(kn, path, NULL);
+}
+
+static inline struct kernfs_node *
 kernfs_create_dir(struct kernfs_node *parent, const char *name, umode_t mode,
 		  void *priv)
 {