1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c b/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c
index de86401f209f..c1c1fd30c315 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c
@@ -148,3 +148,24 @@ int nilfs_ifile_get_inode_block(struct inode *ifile, ino_t ino,
         }
         return err;
 }
+
+/**
+ * nilfs_ifile_new - create inode file
+ * @sbi: nilfs_sb_info struct
+ * @inode_size: size of an inode
+ */
+struct inode *nilfs_ifile_new(struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi, size_t inode_size)
+{
+        struct inode *ifile;
+        int err;
+
+        ifile = nilfs_mdt_new(sbi->s_nilfs, sbi->s_super, NILFS_IFILE_INO, 0);
+        if (ifile) {
+                err = nilfs_palloc_init_blockgroup(ifile, inode_size);
+                if (unlikely(err)) {
+                        nilfs_mdt_destroy(ifile);
+                        return NULL;
+                }
+        }
+        return ifile;
+}