--- zzzz-none-000/linux-4.4.271/fs/debugfs/inode.c	2021-06-03 06:22:09.000000000 +0000
+++ maple-fsgw-759/linux-4.4.271/fs/debugfs/inode.c	2023-12-20 10:37:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -247,6 +247,42 @@
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("debugfs");
 
+/**
+ * debugfs_lookup() - look up an existing debugfs file
+ * @name: a pointer to a string containing the name of the file to look up.
+ * @parent: a pointer to the parent dentry of the file.
+ *
+ * This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds.  If the file
+ * doesn't exist or an error occurs, %NULL will be returned.  The returned
+ * dentry must be passed to dput() when it is no longer needed.
+ *
+ * If debugfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be
+ * returned.
+ */
+struct dentry *debugfs_lookup(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(parent))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!parent)
+		parent = debugfs_mount->mnt_root;
+
+	inode_lock(d_inode(parent));
+	dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
+	inode_unlock(d_inode(parent));
+
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		return NULL;
+	if (!d_really_is_positive(dentry)) {
+		dput(dentry);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return dentry;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_lookup);
+
 static struct dentry *start_creating(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;