1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index d8358799c594..e83768ee38fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -482,6 +482,44 @@ static inline bool d_is_positive(const struct dentry *dentry)
         return !d_is_negative(dentry);
 }
 
+/**
+ * d_really_is_negative - Determine if a dentry is really negative (ignoring fallthroughs)
+ * @dentry: The dentry in question
+ *
+ * Returns true if the dentry represents either an absent name or a name that
+ * doesn't map to an inode (ie. ->d_inode is NULL).  The dentry could represent
+ * a true miss, a whiteout that isn't represented by a 0,0 chardev or a
+ * fallthrough marker in an opaque directory.
+ *
+ * Note!  (1) This should be used *only* by a filesystem to examine its own
+ * dentries.  It should not be used to look at some other filesystem's
+ * dentries.  (2) It should also be used in combination with d_inode() to get
+ * the inode.  (3) The dentry may have something attached to ->d_lower and the
+ * type field of the flags may be set to something other than miss or whiteout.
+ */
+static inline bool d_really_is_negative(const struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+        return dentry->d_inode == NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * d_really_is_positive - Determine if a dentry is really positive (ignoring fallthroughs)
+ * @dentry: The dentry in question
+ *
+ * Returns true if the dentry represents a name that maps to an inode
+ * (ie. ->d_inode is not NULL).  The dentry might still represent a whiteout if
+ * that is represented on medium as a 0,0 chardev.
+ *
+ * Note!  (1) This should be used *only* by a filesystem to examine its own
+ * dentries.  It should not be used to look at some other filesystem's
+ * dentries.  (2) It should also be used in combination with d_inode() to get
+ * the inode.
+ */
+static inline bool d_really_is_positive(const struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+        return dentry->d_inode != NULL;
+}
+
 extern void d_set_fallthru(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 static inline bool d_is_fallthru(const struct dentry *dentry)