diff -rupN linux-2.4.24/fs/namei.c linux-2.4.24.new/fs/namei.c
--- linux-2.4.24/fs/namei.c	2004-05-19 10:58:50.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-2.4.24.new/fs/namei.c	2004-05-19 11:04:05.725450928 +0300
@@ -1391,8 +1391,8 @@ int open_namei(const char *pathname, int
 
 
 /* SMP-safe */
-static struct dentry *lookup_create(struct nameidata *nd, int is_dir,
-				    struct lookup_intent *it)
+struct dentry *lookup_create(struct nameidata *nd, int is_dir,
+                             struct lookup_intent *it)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
@@ -1412,6 +1412,7 @@ enoent:
 fail:
 	return dentry;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_create);
 
 int vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t dev)
 {
diff -rupN linux-2.4.24/include/linux/fs.h linux-2.4.24.new/include/linux/fs.h
--- linux-2.4.24/include/linux/fs.h	2004-05-19 10:58:50.178421368 +0300
+++ linux-2.4.24.new/include/linux/fs.h	2004-05-19 11:04:35.373943672 +0300
@@ -1129,6 +1129,8 @@ extern struct file *filp_open(const char
 extern struct file * dentry_open(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, int);
 extern int open_namei_it(const char *filename, int namei_flags, int mode,
 			 struct nameidata *nd, struct lookup_intent *it);
+extern struct dentry *lookup_create(struct nameidata *nd, int is_dir,
+                                    struct lookup_intent *it);
 extern struct file *dentry_open_it(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 			    int flags, struct lookup_intent *it);
 extern int revalidate_it(struct dentry *dentry, struct lookup_intent *it);