1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index b6ebdaa00f37..f71246bebfe4 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -109,6 +109,26 @@ int sysfs_create_link_nowarn(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target,
 }
 
 /**
+ *      sysfs_delete_link - remove symlink in object's directory.
+ *      @kobj:  object we're acting for.
+ *      @targ:  object we're pointing to.
+ *      @name:  name of the symlink to remove.
+ *
+ *      Unlike sysfs_remove_link sysfs_delete_link has enough information
+ *      to successfully delete symlinks in tagged directories.
+ */
+void sysfs_delete_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ,
+                        const char *name)
+{
+        const void *ns = NULL;
+        spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+        if (targ->sd)
+                ns = targ->sd->s_ns;
+        spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+        sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->sd, ns, name);
+}
+
+/**
  *      sysfs_remove_link - remove symlink in object's directory.
  *      @kobj:  object we're acting for.
  *      @name:  name of the symlink to remove.