proc: Generalize proc inode allocation

Generalize the proc inode allocation so that it can be
used without having to having to create a proc_dir_entry.

This will allow namespace file descriptors to remain light
weight entitities but still have the same inode number
when the backing namespace is the same.

Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 31447819bc5..bf1d000fbba 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_net_mkdir(struct net *net, const char *name,
 extern struct file *proc_ns_fget(int fd);
 extern bool proc_ns_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
+extern int proc_alloc_inum(unsigned int *pino);
+extern void proc_free_inum(unsigned int inum);
 #else
 
 #define proc_net_fops_create(net, name, mode, fops)  ({ (void)(mode), NULL; })
@@ -235,6 +237,14 @@ static inline bool proc_ns_inode(struct inode *inode)
         return false;
 }
 
+static inline int proc_alloc_inum(unsigned int *inum)
+{
+        *inum = 1;
+        return 0;
+}
+static inline void proc_free_inum(unsigned int inum)
+{
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_PROC_KCORE)