1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 138be96e25b6..bcbdb33fcc20 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -137,6 +137,26 @@ int proc_nr_dentry(ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buffer,
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Compare 2 name strings, return 0 if they match, otherwise non-zero.
+ * The strings are both count bytes long, and count is non-zero.
+ */
+static inline int dentry_cmp(const unsigned char *cs, size_t scount,
+                                const unsigned char *ct, size_t tcount)
+{
+        if (scount != tcount)
+                return 1;
+
+        do {
+                if (*cs != *ct)
+                        return 1;
+                cs++;
+                ct++;
+                tcount--;
+        } while (tcount);
+        return 0;
+}
+
 static void __d_free(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
         struct dentry *dentry = container_of(head, struct dentry, d_u.d_rcu);