1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/configfs.h b/include/linux/configfs.h
index 8227e730dac7..8c6967f3fb11 100644
--- a/include/linux/configfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/configfs.h
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ static inline struct configfs_subsystem *to_configfs_subsystem(struct config_gro
 int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys);
 void configfs_unregister_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys);
 
+/* These functions can sleep and can alloc with GFP_KERNEL */
+/* WARNING: These cannot be called underneath configfs callbacks!! */
+int configfs_depend_item(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys, struct config_item *target);
+void configfs_undepend_item(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys, struct config_item *target);
+
 #endif  /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _CONFIGFS_H_ */