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diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 966eb4b61aed..89ec6d26881b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1927,6 +1927,45 @@ void dm_interface_exit(void)
dm_hash_exit();
}
+
+/**
+ * dm_ioctl_export - Permanently export a mapped device via the ioctl interface
+ * @md: Pointer to mapped_device
+ * @name: Buffer (size DM_NAME_LEN) for name
+ * @uuid: Buffer (size DM_UUID_LEN) for uuid or NULL if not desired
+ */
+int dm_ioctl_export(struct mapped_device *md, const char *name,
+ const char *uuid)
+{
+ int r = 0;
+ struct hash_cell *hc;
+
+ if (!md) {
+ r = -ENXIO;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* The name and uuid can only be set once. */
+ mutex_lock(&dm_hash_cells_mutex);
+ hc = dm_get_mdptr(md);
+ mutex_unlock(&dm_hash_cells_mutex);
+ if (hc) {
+ DMERR("%s: already exported", dm_device_name(md));
+ r = -ENXIO;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ r = dm_hash_insert(name, uuid, md);
+ if (r) {
+ DMERR("%s: could not bind to '%s'", dm_device_name(md), name);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* Let udev know we've changed. */
+ dm_kobject_uevent(md, KOBJ_CHANGE, dm_get_event_nr(md));
+out:
+ return r;
+}
/**
* dm_copy_name_and_uuid - Copy mapped device name & uuid into supplied buffers
* @md: Pointer to mapped_device