}
}
+/**
+ * parent_len - find the length of the parent portion of a pathname
+ * @path: pathname of which to determine length
+ */
+int parent_len(const char *path)
+{
+ int plen;
+ const char *p;
+
+ plen = strlen(path);
+
+ if (plen == 0)
+ return plen;
+
+ /* disregard trailing slashes */
+ p = path + plen - 1;
+ while ((*p == '/') && (p > path))
+ p--;
+
+ /* walk backward until we find the next slash or hit beginning */
+ while ((*p != '/') && (p > path))
+ p--;
+
+ /* did we find a slash? Then increment to include it in path */
+ if (*p == '/')
+ p++;
+
+ return p - path;
+}
+
/* Compare given dentry name with last component in given path,
* return of 0 indicates a match. */
int audit_compare_dname_path(const char *dname, const char *path,