Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-linus

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index 521ff7caadb..f1c2ea8342f 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -359,3 +359,17 @@ int is_bad_inode(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(is_bad_inode);
+
+/**
+ * iget_failed - Mark an under-construction inode as dead and release it
+ * @inode: The inode to discard
+ *
+ * Mark an under-construction inode as dead and release it.
+ */
+void iget_failed(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	make_bad_inode(inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	iput(inode);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iget_failed);