2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 4a0d1f06da57..358094f0433d 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -264,6 +264,13 @@ Enomem:
         return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
+int simple_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+        if (inode->i_private)
+                file->private_data = inode->i_private;
+        return 0;
+}
+
 int simple_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
         struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
@@ -984,6 +991,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_dir_operations);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_empty);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_fill_super);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_getattr);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_open);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_link);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_lookup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_pin_fs);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index c437f914d537..c64c31d3ab2c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2502,6 +2502,7 @@ extern int dcache_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 extern int simple_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern int simple_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 extern int simple_statfs(struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
+extern int simple_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 extern int simple_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern int simple_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern int simple_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);