diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index d4c79c12..8979e06b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2222,6 +2222,12 @@ extern int ext4_orphan_add(handle_t *, struct inode *);
 extern int ext4_orphan_del(handle_t *, struct inode *);
 extern int ext4_htree_fill_tree(struct file *dir_file, __u32 start_hash,
 				__u32 start_minor_hash, __u32 *next_hash);
+extern struct inode *ext4_create_inode(handle_t *handle,
+				       struct inode *dir, int mode,
+				       uid_t *owner);
+extern int ext4_delete_entry(handle_t *handle, struct inode * dir,
+			     struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de_del,
+			     struct buffer_head *bh);
 extern int search_dir(struct buffer_head *bh,
 		      char *search_buf,
 		      int buf_size,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 1821d9a4..140163d3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ int ext4_generic_delete_entry(handle_t *handle,
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-static int ext4_delete_entry(handle_t *handle,
+int ext4_delete_entry(handle_t *handle,
 			     struct inode *dir,
 			     struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de_del,
 			     struct buffer_head *bh)
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ out:
 		ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
 	return err;
 }
-
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_delete_entry);
 /*
  * DIR_NLINK feature is set if 1) nlinks > EXT4_LINK_MAX or 2) nlinks == 2,
  * since this indicates that nlinks count was previously 1.
@@ -2263,6 +2263,29 @@ static int ext4_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
 	return err;
 }
 
+ /* Return locked inode, then the caller can modify the inode's states/flags
+  * before others finding it. The caller should unlock the inode by itself. */
+struct inode *ext4_create_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode,
+				uid_t *owner)
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, NULL, 0, owner);
+	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		if (S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode) || S_ISFIFO(mode)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_LDISKFS_FS_XATTR
+			inode->i_op = &ext4_special_inode_operations;
+#endif
+		} else {
+			inode->i_op = &ext4_file_inode_operations;
+			inode->i_fop = &ext4_file_operations.kabi_fops;
+			ext4_set_aops(inode);
+		}
+	}
+	return inode;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_create_inode);
+
 /*
  * By the time this is called, we already have created
  * the directory cache entry for the new file, but it