+/**
+ * xt_check_proc_name - check that name is suitable for /proc file creation
+ *
+ * @name: file name candidate
+ * @size: length of buffer
+ *
+ * some x_tables modules wish to create a file in /proc.
+ * This function makes sure that the name is suitable for this
+ * purpose, it checks that name is NUL terminated and isn't a 'special'
+ * name, like "..".
+ *
+ * returns negative number on error or 0 if name is useable.
+ */
+int xt_check_proc_name(const char *name, unsigned int size)
+{
+ if (name[0] == '\0')
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (strnlen(name, size) == size)
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+
+ if (strcmp(name, ".") == 0 ||
+ strcmp(name, "..") == 0 ||
+ strchr(name, '/'))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(xt_check_proc_name);
+