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Commit fbabfd0f authored by Eric W. Biederman's avatar Eric W. Biederman
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fs: Add helper functions for permanently empty directories.



To ensure it is safe to mount proc and sysfs I need to check if
filesystems that are mounted on top of them are mounted on truly empty
directories.  Given that some directories can gain entries over time,
knowing that a directory is empty right now is insufficient.

Therefore add supporting infrastructure for permantently empty
directories that proc and sysfs can use when they create mount points
for filesystems and fs_fully_visible can use to test for permanently
empty directories to ensure that nothing will be gained by mounting a
fresh copy of proc or sysfs.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: default avatar"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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