+/**
+ * ecryptfs_dir_open
+ * @inode: inode speciying file to open
+ * @file: Structure to return filled in
+ *
+ * Opens the file specified by inode.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
+ */
+static int ecryptfs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+ /* Private value of ecryptfs_dentry allocated in
+ * ecryptfs_lookup() */
+ struct ecryptfs_file_info *file_info;
+ struct file *lower_file;
+
+ /* Released in ecryptfs_release or end of function if failure */
+ file_info = kmem_cache_zalloc(ecryptfs_file_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+ ecryptfs_set_file_private(file, file_info);
+ if (unlikely(!file_info)) {
+ ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR,
+ "Error attempting to allocate memory\n");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ lower_file = dentry_open(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_path(ecryptfs_dentry),
+ file->f_flags, current_cred());
+ if (IS_ERR(lower_file)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error attempting to initialize "
+ "the lower file for the dentry with name "
+ "[%pd]; rc = [%ld]\n", __func__,
+ ecryptfs_dentry, PTR_ERR(lower_file));
+ kmem_cache_free(ecryptfs_file_info_cache, file_info);
+ return PTR_ERR(lower_file);
+ }
+ ecryptfs_set_file_lower(file, lower_file);
+ return 0;
+}
+