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diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index bf66cf1a9f5c..4fd6e256f4f4 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -998,6 +998,26 @@ struct file *file_open_root(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_open_root);
+struct file *filp_clone_open(struct file *oldfile)
+{
+ struct file *file;
+ int retval;
+
+ file = get_empty_filp();
+ if (IS_ERR(file))
+ return file;
+
+ file->f_flags = oldfile->f_flags;
+ retval = vfs_open(&oldfile->f_path, file, oldfile->f_cred);
+ if (retval) {
+ put_filp(file);
+ return ERR_PTR(retval);
+ }
+
+ return file;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_clone_open);
+
long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
{
struct open_flags op;