2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/relayfs/inode.c b/fs/relayfs/inode.c
index a5e6d4f2efb9..b2f50655736b 100644
--- a/fs/relayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/relayfs/inode.c
@@ -225,6 +225,17 @@ int relayfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 
 /**
+ *      relayfs_remove_file - remove a file from relay filesystem
+ *      @dentry: directory dentry
+ *
+ *      Returns 0 if successful, negative otherwise.
+ */
+int relayfs_remove_file(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+        return relayfs_remove(dentry);
+}
+
+/**
  *      relayfs_remove_dir - remove a directory in the relay filesystem
  *      @dentry: directory dentry
  *
@@ -600,6 +611,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relayfs_file_operations);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relayfs_create_dir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relayfs_remove_dir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relayfs_create_file);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relayfs_remove_file);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Tom Zanussi <zanussi@us.ibm.com> and Karim Yaghmour <karim@opersys.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Relay Filesystem");
diff --git a/include/linux/relayfs_fs.h b/include/linux/relayfs_fs.h
index a122df2d9880..921540b1cdf8 100644
--- a/include/linux/relayfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/relayfs_fs.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ extern struct dentry *relayfs_create_file(const char *name,
                                           int mode,
                                           struct file_operations *fops,
                                           void *data);
+extern int relayfs_remove_file(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 /**
  *      relay_write - write data into the channel