linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/25] cifs: implement i_op->atomic_open() and i_op->atomic

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Message-ID: <20120313120649.GB27171@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:06:49 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org,
	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com, sfrench@...ba.org, sage@...dream.net,
	ericvh@...il.com, mszeredi@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/25] cifs: implement i_op->atomic_open() and
 i_op->atomic_create()

On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 10:22:30PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
> 
> Replace CIFS's ->create operation with ->atomic_open and ->atomic_create.  Also
> move the relevant code from ->lookup into the create function.
> 
> CIFS currently only does atomic open for O_CREAT, but it wants to do that as
> early as possible, without first calling ->lookup, so it uses ->atomic_open,
> just like NFS.

Why does cifs need to set the created flag from inside ->atomic_open?

It's different from everyone else in that respect.

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