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diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 6b3723909342..78b067ddb386 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -211,6 +211,17 @@ struct file *alloc_file_pseudo(struct inode *inode, struct vfsmount *mnt,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_file_pseudo);
+struct file *alloc_file_clone(struct file *base, int flags,
+ const struct file_operations *fops)
+{
+ struct file *f = alloc_file(&base->f_path, flags, fops);
+ if (!IS_ERR(f)) {
+ path_get(&f->f_path);
+ f->f_mapping = base->f_mapping;
+ }
+ return f;
+}
+
/* the real guts of fput() - releasing the last reference to file
*/
static void __fput(struct file *file)