return error;
 }
 
+/**
+ *     relayfs_remove_file - remove a file from relay filesystem
+ *     @dentry: directory dentry
+ *
+ *     Returns 0 if successful, negative otherwise.
+ */
+int relayfs_remove_file(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+       return relayfs_remove(dentry);
+}
+
 /**
  *     relayfs_remove_dir - remove a directory in the relay filesystem
  *     @dentry: directory dentry
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relayfs_create_dir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relayfs_remove_dir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relayfs_create_file);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relayfs_remove_file);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Tom Zanussi <zanussi@us.ibm.com> and Karim Yaghmour <karim@opersys.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Relay Filesystem");
 
                                          int mode,
                                          struct file_operations *fops,
                                          void *data);
+extern int relayfs_remove_file(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 /**
  *     relay_write - write data into the channel