getname_flags(const char __user *filename, int flags, int *empty)
{
	struct filename *result;
	char *kname;
	int len;

	result = audit_reusename(filename);
	if (result)
		return result;

	result = __getname();
	if (unlikely(!result))
		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

	/*
	 * First, try to embed the struct filename inside the names_cache
	 * allocation
	 */
	kname = (char *)result->iname;
	result->name = kname;

	len = strncpy_from_user(kname, filename, EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX);
	if (unlikely(len < 0)) {
		__putname(result);
		return ERR_PTR(len);
	}

	/*
	 * Uh-oh. We have a name that's approaching PATH_MAX. Allocate a
	 * separate struct filename so we can dedicate the entire
	 * names_cache allocation for the pathname, and re-do the copy from
	 * userland.
	 */
	if (unlikely(len == EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX)) {
		const size_t size = offsetof(struct filename, iname[1]);
		kname = (char *)result;

		/*
		 * size is chosen that way we to guarantee that
		 * result->iname[0] is within the same object and that
		 * kname can't be equal to result->iname, no matter what.
		 */
		result = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
		if (unlikely(!result)) {
			__putname(kname);
			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
		}
		result->name = kname;
		len = strncpy_from_user(kname, filename, PATH_MAX);
		if (unlikely(len < 0)) {
			__putname(kname);
			kfree(result);
			return ERR_PTR(len);
		}
		if (unlikely(len == PATH_MAX)) {
			__putname(kname);
			kfree(result);
			return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
		}
	}

	result->refcnt = 1;
	/* The empty path is special. */
	if (unlikely(!len)) {
		if (empty)
			*empty = 1;
		if (!(flags & LOOKUP_EMPTY)) {
			putname(result);
			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
		}
	}

	result->uptr = filename;
	result->aname = NULL;
	audit_getname(result);
	return result;
}