+
+void kfree_put_link(struct inode *unused, void *cookie)
+{
+ kfree(cookie);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_put_link);
+
+void free_page_put_link(struct inode *unused, void *cookie)
+{
+ free_page((unsigned long) cookie);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_page_put_link);
+
+/*
+ * nop .set_page_dirty method so that people can use .page_mkwrite on
+ * anon inodes.
+ */
+static int anon_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
+{
+ return 0;
+};
+
+/*
+ * A single inode exists for all anon_inode files. Contrary to pipes,
+ * anon_inode inodes have no associated per-instance data, so we need
+ * only allocate one of them.
+ */
+struct inode *alloc_anon_inode(struct super_block *s)
+{
+ static const struct address_space_operations anon_aops = {
+ .set_page_dirty = anon_set_page_dirty,
+ };
+ struct inode *inode = new_inode_pseudo(s);
+
+ if (!inode)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
+ inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &anon_aops;
+
+ /*
+ * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
+ * that way it will never be moved to the dirty
+ * list because mark_inode_dirty() will think
+ * that it already _is_ on the dirty list.
+ */
+ inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
+ inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
+ inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
+ inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
+ inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE;
+ inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+ return inode;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_anon_inode);
+
+/**
+ * simple_nosetlease - generic helper for prohibiting leases
+ * @filp: file pointer
+ * @arg: type of lease to obtain
+ * @flp: new lease supplied for insertion
+ * @priv: private data for lm_setup operation
+ *
+ * Generic helper for filesystems that do not wish to allow leases to be set.
+ * All arguments are ignored and it just returns -EINVAL.
+ */
+int
+simple_nosetlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp,
+ void **priv)
+{
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_nosetlease);
+
+const char *simple_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, void **cookie)
+{
+ return d_inode(dentry)->i_link;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_follow_link);
+
+const struct inode_operations simple_symlink_inode_operations = {
+ .follow_link = simple_follow_link,
+ .readlink = generic_readlink
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_symlink_inode_operations);
+
+/*
+ * Operations for a permanently empty directory.
+ */
+static struct dentry *empty_dir_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+}
+
+static int empty_dir_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
+ struct kstat *stat)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+ generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int empty_dir_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
+{
+ return -EPERM;
+}
+
+static int empty_dir_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+ const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static ssize_t empty_dir_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+ void *value, size_t size)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static int empty_dir_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static ssize_t empty_dir_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static const struct inode_operations empty_dir_inode_operations = {
+ .lookup = empty_dir_lookup,
+ .permission = generic_permission,
+ .setattr = empty_dir_setattr,
+ .getattr = empty_dir_getattr,
+ .setxattr = empty_dir_setxattr,
+ .getxattr = empty_dir_getxattr,
+ .removexattr = empty_dir_removexattr,
+ .listxattr = empty_dir_listxattr,
+};
+
+static loff_t empty_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+{
+ /* An empty directory has two entries . and .. at offsets 0 and 1 */
+ return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, whence, 2, 2);
+}
+
+static int empty_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
+{
+ dir_emit_dots(file, ctx);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations empty_dir_operations = {
+ .llseek = empty_dir_llseek,
+ .read = generic_read_dir,
+ .iterate = empty_dir_readdir,
+ .fsync = noop_fsync,
+};
+
+
+void make_empty_dir_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ set_nlink(inode, 2);
+ inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
+ inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
+ inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
+ inode->i_rdev = 0;
+ inode->i_size = 0;
+ inode->i_blkbits = PAGE_SHIFT;
+ inode->i_blocks = 0;
+
+ inode->i_op = &empty_dir_inode_operations;
+ inode->i_fop = &empty_dir_operations;
+}
+
+bool is_empty_dir_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ return (inode->i_fop == &empty_dir_operations) &&
+ (inode->i_op == &empty_dir_inode_operations);
+}