1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 89509b5a090e..ba960051dfb7 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,14 @@ static struct dentry * __d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode)
         return alias;
 }
 
-static struct dentry * d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode)
+/**
+ * d_find_any_alias - find any alias for a given inode
+ * @inode: inode to find an alias for
+ *
+ * If any aliases exist for the given inode, take and return a
+ * reference for one of them.  If no aliases exist, return %NULL.
+ */
+struct dentry *d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode)
 {
         struct dentry *de;
 
@@ -1480,7 +1487,7 @@ static struct dentry * d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode)
         spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
         return de;
 }
-
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_find_any_alias);
 
 /**
  * d_obtain_alias - find or allocate a dentry for a given inode