Merge tag 'mac80211-next-for-davem-2015-08-14' into next

Another pull request for the next cycle, this time with quite
a bit of content:
 * mesh fixes/improvements from Alexis, Bob, Chun-Yeow and Jesse
 * TDLS higher bandwidth support (Arik)
 * OCB fixes from Bertold Van den Bergh
 * suspend/resume fixes from Eliad
 * dynamic SMPS support for minstrel-HT (Krishna Chaitanya)
 * VHT bitrate mask support (Lorenzo Bianconi)
 * better regulatory support for 5/10 MHz channels (Matthias May)
 * basic support for MU-MIMO to avoid the multi-vif issue (Sara Sharon)
along with a number of other cleanups.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index df6327a2b8650..e5dee5c3188eb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
 		WARN(1, "create '/proc/%s' by hand\n", qstr.name);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	if (is_empty_pde(*parent)) {
+		WARN(1, "attempt to add to permanently empty directory");
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	ent = kzalloc(sizeof(struct proc_dir_entry) + qstr.len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ent)
@@ -455,6 +459,25 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir(const char *name,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_mkdir);
 
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_mount_point(const char *name)
+{
+	umode_t mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
+	struct proc_dir_entry *ent, *parent = NULL;
+
+	ent = __proc_create(&parent, name, mode, 2);
+	if (ent) {
+		ent->data = NULL;
+		ent->proc_fops = NULL;
+		ent->proc_iops = NULL;
+		if (proc_register(parent, ent) < 0) {
+			kfree(ent);
+			parent->nlink--;
+			ent = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	return ent;
+}
+
 struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 					struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
 					const struct file_operations *proc_fops,