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-rw-r--r--lib/string_helpers.c30
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index b16ee85aaf87..ecaac2c0526f 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
@@ -596,3 +598,31 @@ char *kstrdup_quotable_cmdline(struct task_struct *task, gfp_t gfp)
return quoted;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kstrdup_quotable_cmdline);
+
+/*
+ * Returns allocated NULL-terminated string containing pathname,
+ * with special characters escaped, able to be safely logged. If
+ * there is an error, the leading character will be "<".
+ */
+char *kstrdup_quotable_file(struct file *file, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ char *temp, *pathname;
+
+ if (!file)
+ return kstrdup("<unknown>", gfp);
+
+ /* We add 11 spaces for ' (deleted)' to be appended */
+ temp = kmalloc(PATH_MAX + 11, GFP_TEMPORARY);
+ if (!temp)
+ return kstrdup("<no_memory>", gfp);
+
+ pathname = file_path(file, temp, PATH_MAX + 11);
+ if (IS_ERR(pathname))
+ pathname = kstrdup("<too_long>", gfp);
+ else
+ pathname = kstrdup_quotable(pathname, gfp);
+
+ kfree(temp);
+ return pathname;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kstrdup_quotable_file);