1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
index 405279b5517b..6a5f04ac8704 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ const void *kernfs_super_ns(struct super_block *sb)
  * @fs_type: file_system_type of the fs being mounted
  * @flags: mount flags specified for the mount
  * @root: kernfs_root of the hierarchy being mounted
+ * @new_sb_created: tell the caller if we allocated a new superblock
  * @ns: optional namespace tag of the mount
  *
  * This is to be called from each kernfs user's file_system_type->mount()
@@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ const void *kernfs_super_ns(struct super_block *sb)
  * The return value can be passed to the vfs layer verbatim.
  */
 struct dentry *kernfs_mount_ns(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
-                               struct kernfs_root *root, const void *ns)
+                               struct kernfs_root *root, bool *new_sb_created,
+                               const void *ns)
 {
         struct super_block *sb;
         struct kernfs_super_info *info;
@@ -159,6 +161,10 @@ struct dentry *kernfs_mount_ns(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
                 kfree(info);
         if (IS_ERR(sb))
                 return ERR_CAST(sb);
+
+        if (new_sb_created)
+                *new_sb_created = !sb->s_root;
+
         if (!sb->s_root) {
                 error = kernfs_fill_super(sb);
                 if (error) {