linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend] VFS: filename_create(): fix incorrect intent.

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgeNVuptfRt2kPcvp+BtmEJraxxzMx3wKvQz=qwzSVH1w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 16:02:08 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <linus@...valds.org>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        David Disseldorp <ddiss@...e.de>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
        "open list:NFS, SUNRPC, AND..." <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] VFS: filename_create(): fix incorrect intent.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 8:57 PM NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de> wrote:
>
> So only set LOOKUP_CREATE|LOOKUP_EXCL if there really is an intent
> to create, and use the absence of these flags to decide if -ENOENT
> should be returned.

Applied.

                Linus