securityfs_create_file
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## Name

securityfs_create_file — create a file in the securityfs filesystem

## Synopsis

`struct dentry * securityfs_create_file (` | const char * name,
| umode_t mode,
| struct dentry * parent,
| void * data,
| const struct file_operations * fops`)`;

## Arguments

`name`

  a pointer to a string containing the name of the file to create.

`mode`

  the permission that the file should have

`parent`

  a pointer to the parent dentry for this file. This should be a directory dentry if set. If this parameter is `NULL`, then the file will be created in the root of the securityfs filesystem.

`data`

  a pointer to something that the caller will want to get to later on. The inode.i_private pointer will point to this value on the `open` call.

`fops`

  a pointer to a struct file_operations that should be used for this file.

## Description

This function creates a file in securityfs with the given `name`.

This function returns a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds. This pointer must be passed to the `securityfs_remove` function when the file is to be removed (no automatic cleanup happens if your module is unloaded, you are responsible here). If an error occurs, the function will return the error value (via ERR_PTR).

If securityfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value `-ENODEV` is returned.

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