[PATCH] vfs, seqfile: make mangle_path() global

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Török Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com> wrote:

>  fs/seq_file.c            |   14 +++++++-
>  include/linux/seq_file.h |    1 +

Note, i've split these bits out into a separate patch - see it 
attached below.

	Ingo

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From: =?utf-8?q?T=C3=B6r=C3=B6k=20Edwin?= <edwintorok@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:28:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] vfs, seqfile: make mangle_path() global
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Impact: expose new VFS API

make mangle_path() available, as per the suggestions of Christoph Hellwig
and Al Viro:

  http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/4/338

Signed-off-by: Török Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
 fs/seq_file.c            |   14 +++++++++++++-
 include/linux/seq_file.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index eba2eab..f5b61cc 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -357,7 +357,18 @@ int seq_printf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, ...)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_printf);
 
-static char *mangle_path(char *s, char *p, char *esc)
+/**
+ * 	mangle_path - mangle and copy path to buffer beginning
+ * 	@s - buffer start
+ * 	@p - beginning of path in above buffer
+ *      @esc - set of characters that need escaping
+ *
+ *      Copy the path from @p to @s, replacing each occurrence of character from
+ *      @esc with usual octal escape.
+ *      Returns pointer past last written character in @s, or NULL in case of
+ *      failure.
+ */
+char *mangle_path(char *s, char *p, char *esc)
 {
 	while (s <= p) {
 		char c = *p++;
@@ -376,6 +387,7 @@ static char *mangle_path(char *s, char *p, char *esc)
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mangle_path);
 
 /*
  * return the absolute path of 'dentry' residing in mount 'mnt'.
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index dc50bcc..b3dfa72 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct seq_operations {
 
 #define SEQ_SKIP 1
 
+char *mangle_path(char *s, char *p, char *esc);
 int seq_open(struct file *, const struct seq_operations *);
 ssize_t seq_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 loff_t seq_lseek(struct file *, loff_t, int);