VFS: Provide empty name qstr
Provide an empty name (ie. "") qstr for general use.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index d2e38dc..3f65a4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ struct qstr {
#define QSTR_INIT(n,l) { { { .len = l } }, .name = n }
+extern const char empty_string[];
+extern const struct qstr empty_name;
+extern const char slash_string[];
+extern const struct qstr slash_name;
+
struct dentry_stat_t {
long nr_dentry;
long nr_unused;