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Message-ID: <emc244mwqv2o4a522e6mfwe4q5xmf43oexippa4sy7fcphnol7@oeaonoplef2f>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 11:34:45 +0100
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v3] vfs: remove the excl argument from the
->create() inode_operation
On Mon 01-12-25 08:11:42, Jeff Layton wrote:
> With three exceptions, ->create() methods provided by filesystems ignore
> the "excl" flag. Those exception are NFS, GFS2 and vboxsf which all also
> provide ->atomic_open.
>
> Since ce8644fcadc5 ("lookup_open(): expand the call of vfs_create()"),
> the "excl" argument to the ->create() inode_operation is always set to
> true in vfs_create(). The ->create() call in lookup_open() sets it
> according to the O_EXCL open flag, but is never called if the filesystem
> provides ->atomic_open().
>
> The excl flag is therefore always either ignored or true. Remove it,
> and change NFS, GFS2 and vboxsf to act as if it were always true.
>
> Reviewed-by: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
> ---
> I sent this a couple of weeks ago and never got a response from
> Christian, Al or Jan. This seems like it should be a no-brainer cleanup,
> and I think the Documentation/ updates will be helpful, so I'm guessing
> it just slipped through the cracks.
>
> A little late at this point for v6.19, so consider for v7.0 ?
Yeah, sorry for that. The patch looks good to me so feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Honza
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - fix use of excl in vboxsf_dir_mkfile()
> - fix tab prefixes in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251107-create-excl-v2-1-f678165d7f3f@kernel.org
>
> Changes in v2:
> - better describe why the argument isn't needed in the changelog
> - updates do Documentation/
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251105-create-excl-v1-1-a4cce035cc55@kernel.org
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
> Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst | 13 ++++++++++---
> fs/9p/vfs_inode.c | 2 +-
> fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c | 2 +-
> fs/affs/affs.h | 2 +-
> fs/affs/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/afs/dir.c | 4 ++--
> fs/bad_inode.c | 2 +-
> fs/bfs/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/btrfs/inode.c | 2 +-
> fs/ceph/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/coda/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 2 +-
> fs/efivarfs/inode.c | 2 +-
> fs/exfat/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/ext2/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/ext4/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/f2fs/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/fat/namei_msdos.c | 2 +-
> fs/fat/namei_vfat.c | 2 +-
> fs/fuse/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/gfs2/inode.c | 5 ++---
> fs/hfs/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/hfsplus/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 2 +-
> fs/hpfs/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 2 +-
> fs/jffs2/dir.c | 4 ++--
> fs/jfs/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/minix/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/namei.c | 4 ++--
> fs/nfs/dir.c | 4 ++--
> fs/nfs/internal.h | 2 +-
> fs/nilfs2/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/ntfs3/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c | 3 +--
> fs/ocfs2/namei.c | 3 +--
> fs/omfs/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/orangefs/namei.c | 3 +--
> fs/overlayfs/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/ramfs/inode.c | 2 +-
> fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h | 2 +-
> fs/smb/client/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/ubifs/dir.c | 2 +-
> fs/udf/namei.c | 2 +-
> fs/ufs/namei.c | 3 +--
> fs/vboxsf/dir.c | 4 ++--
> fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c | 3 +--
> include/linux/fs.h | 4 ++--
> ipc/mqueue.c | 2 +-
> mm/shmem.c | 2 +-
> 51 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
> index d33429294252b244e344432e4ef8f5fe07d68f2f..6e6ae5a7a387520968f3c7426acfe44196d60bbe 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
> @@ -1322,3 +1322,15 @@ When vfs_mkdir() returns an error, and so both dputs() the original
> dentry and doesn't provide a replacement, it also unlocks the parent.
> Consequently the return value from vfs_mkdir() can be passed to
> end_creating() and the parent will be unlocked precisely when necessary.
> +
> +---
> +
> +**mandatory**
> +
> +The ->create() operation has dropped the bool "excl" argument. This operation
> +should now always provide O_EXCL semantics (i.e. fail with -EEXIST if the file
> +exists). If the filesystem needs to handle the case where another entity could
> +create the file on the backing store after a negative lookup or revalidate
> +(e.g. it's a network filesystem and another client could create the file after
> +a negative lookup), then it will require ->atomic_open() in addition to
> +->create().
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
> index 4f13b01e42eb5e2ad9d60cbbce7e47d09ad831e6..0752ed2b6475ab2b42482fde6dff870110a33eac 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
> @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined:
> .. code-block:: c
>
> struct inode_operations {
> - int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
> + int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t);
> struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, unsigned int);
> int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
> int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
> @@ -505,7 +505,10 @@ otherwise noted.
> if you want to support regular files. The dentry you get should
> not have an inode (i.e. it should be a negative dentry). Here
> you will probably call d_instantiate() with the dentry and the
> - newly created inode
> + newly created inode. This operation should always provide O_EXCL
> + semantics (i.e. it should fail with -EEXIST if the file exists).
> + If the filesystem needs to mediate non-exclusive creation,
> + then the filesystem must also provide an ->atomic_open() operation.
>
> ``lookup``
> called when the VFS needs to look up an inode in a parent
> @@ -654,7 +657,11 @@ otherwise noted.
> handled by f_op->open(). If the file was created, FMODE_CREATED
> flag should be set in file->f_mode. In case of O_EXCL the
> method must only succeed if the file didn't exist and hence
> - FMODE_CREATED shall always be set on success.
> + FMODE_CREATED shall always be set on success. This method is
> + usually needed on filesystems where the dentry to be created could
> + unexpectedly become positive after the kernel has looked it up or
> + revalidated it. (e.g. another host racing in and creating the file
> + on an NFS server).
>
> ``tmpfile``
> called in the end of O_TMPFILE open(). Optional, equivalent to
> diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
> index 8666c9c622584f018ba314954a871e2eb8f35edf..fe4f76cb0db1a5f8f71a90aa619861088f8dfabc 100644
> --- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
> +++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
> @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
>
> static int
> v9fs_vfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
> u32 perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode);
> diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
> index 1661a25f277256075790ed49c3a55fbe93bc986e..565fa8096a0b5e4bd161596f39e306b93dba4b6e 100644
> --- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
> +++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
> @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ int v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(int flags)
> */
> static int
> v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode)
> {
> return v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(idmap, dir, dentry, omode, 0);
> }
> diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
> index ac4e9a02910b72d63c8ec5291347b54518e67f4b..665be23c42cfa206dc0a2c9ffa119b7c3c747389 100644
> --- a/fs/affs/affs.h
> +++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
> @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ extern int affs_hash_name(struct super_block *sb, const u8 *name, unsigned int l
> extern struct dentry *affs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int);
> extern int affs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
> extern int affs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool);
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
> extern struct dentry *affs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
> extern int affs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
> diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
> index f883be50db122d3b09f0ae4d24618bd49b55186b..5591e1b5a2f68fc7600115e241f01f81d3aac010 100644
> --- a/fs/affs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
> @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ affs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>
> int
> affs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
> struct inode *inode;
> diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
> index f4e9e12373ac10b0230a9a6d6b7e1cb465f470d5..04702fe4e3d9befbb2176859be7c7ac7fd9623a1 100644
> --- a/fs/afs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static bool afs_lookup_one_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, in
> static bool afs_lookup_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int nlen,
> loff_t fpos, u64 ino, unsigned dtype);
> static int afs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl);
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
> static struct dentry *afs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
> static int afs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
> @@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ static const struct afs_operation_ops afs_create_operation = {
> * create a regular file on an AFS filesystem
> */
> static int afs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct afs_operation *op;
> struct afs_vnode *dvnode = AFS_FS_I(dir);
> diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
> index 0ef9bcb744dd620bf47caa024d97a1316ff7bc89..5701361cf98155a61cb75a4ec602e8fc615eb3ae 100644
> --- a/fs/bad_inode.c
> +++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static const struct file_operations bad_file_ops =
>
> static int bad_inode_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
> - umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + umode_t mode)
> {
> return -EIO;
> }
> diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
> index c375e22c4c0c15ba27307d266adfe3f093b90ab8..6beb8605c523cc2c7250d7b1a61508e103f0f3fd 100644
> --- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations = {
> };
>
> static int bfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> int err;
> struct inode *inode;
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
> index 9c6ca87b3d567bcd591eb65c1b786d264cb672e8..5f452e587109a64531077d70930221fb43616651 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
> @@ -6825,7 +6825,7 @@ static int btrfs_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> }
>
> static int btrfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct inode *inode;
>
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
> index d18c0eaef9b7e7be7eb517c701d6c4af08fd78ac..308903dc0780dbed2382228005d0221f185c61ee 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
> @@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ static int ceph_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> }
>
> static int ceph_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> return ceph_mknod(idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
> }
> diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
> index ca99900172657d80a479b2eb27f50effdf834995..554e7fd44e5df1aae6da2c41a492a02ae9e0d616 100644
> --- a/fs/coda/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static inline void coda_dir_drop_nlink(struct inode *dir)
>
> /* creation routines: create, mknod, mkdir, link, symlink */
> static int coda_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *de, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *de, umode_t mode)
> {
> int error;
> const char *name=de->d_name.name;
> diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> index 3978248247dc2197b4441957a331c9711a6190bb..96197e6c7656ecc92355a7a2e9c9a8f693c303fe 100644
> --- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ int ecryptfs_initialize_file(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
> static int
> ecryptfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> struct inode *directory_inode, struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
> - umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + umode_t mode)
> {
> struct inode *ecryptfs_inode;
> int rc;
> diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
> index 2891614abf8d554f563319187b6d54c2bc006a91..043b3e3a4f0adefe27855f8156b946c1dc4bd184 100644
> --- a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static bool efivarfs_valid_name(const char *str, int len)
> }
>
> static int efivarfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct inode *inode = NULL;
> struct efivar_entry *var;
> diff --git a/fs/exfat/namei.c b/fs/exfat/namei.c
> index 745dce29ddb532f7f4ca6d9aad5ddc8943aab4b5..083602c1fed0a78cf1c587783b62bc4552125a81 100644
> --- a/fs/exfat/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/exfat/namei.c
> @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static int exfat_add_entry(struct inode *inode, const char *path,
> }
>
> static int exfat_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
> struct inode *inode;
> diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
> index bde617a66cecd4a2bf12a713a2297bb4fee45916..edea7784ad39acd4afffc7f5ae6e50a20c04999d 100644
> --- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct dentry *ext2_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
> */
> static int ext2_create (struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
> struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
> - umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + umode_t mode)
> {
> struct inode *inode;
> int err;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> index 2cd36f59c9e363124ee949f742adccd88447295a..a1e77390a7ce300db02db9af90e45d69efabfea5 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> @@ -2806,7 +2806,7 @@ static int ext4_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
> * with d_instantiate().
> */
> static int ext4_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> handle_t *handle;
> struct inode *inode;
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> index af40282a6948e5b7b9001ca5964993064417fd0a..5f99950529da22812085f4a8c3962b7d7821740c 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static struct inode *f2fs_new_inode(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> }
>
> static int f2fs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(dir);
> struct inode *inode;
> diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
> index 0b920ee40a7f9fe3c57af5d939d3efedf001a3d9..905ffa9e5b99f1507734d99b7c16dcad21d7b5b5 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
> +++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
> @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static int msdos_add_entry(struct inode *dir, const unsigned char *name,
>
> /***** Create a file */
> static int msdos_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
> struct inode *inode = NULL;
> diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
> index 5dbc4cbb8fce3d9b891cbc597f876c2c7b8d6aa0..8396b1ec4ec582fcdfadbcb12b04694ef0b8c5fc 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
> +++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
> @@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static struct dentry *vfat_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
> }
>
> static int vfat_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
> struct inode *inode;
> diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
> index 87a63ae93a456f27cf61d7fdc590dc140b2fbfc1..ca46859e99b198417acaa194a7ed5f24a241f385 100644
> --- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
> @@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static int fuse_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> }
>
> static int fuse_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *entry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *entry, umode_t mode)
> {
> return fuse_mknod(idmap, dir, entry, mode, 0);
> }
> diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
> index 890c87e3e3658be95f8eb5ac169b1a6e96c5abc1..7132a268bba049b6947f52aa1d10bd481feb7bab 100644
> --- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
> @@ -942,15 +942,14 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
> * @dir: The directory in which to create the file
> * @dentry: The dentry of the new file
> * @mode: The mode of the new file
> - * @excl: Force fail if inode exists
> *
> * Returns: errno
> */
>
> static int gfs2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> - return gfs2_create_inode(dir, dentry, NULL, S_IFREG | mode, 0, NULL, 0, excl);
> + return gfs2_create_inode(dir, dentry, NULL, S_IFREG | mode, 0, NULL, 0, 1);
> }
>
> /**
> diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
> index 86a6b317b474a95f283f6a0908582efadde80892..c585942aa985686ca428d2d17f4401aa845a0eb8 100644
> --- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int hfs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> * the directory and the name (and its length) of the new file.
> */
> static int hfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct inode *inode;
> int res;
> diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
> index 1b3e27a0d5e038b559bd19b37d769078b2996d1b..c5ea04e078340a91b992095e189e978a3345f03c 100644
> --- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
> @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ static int hfsplus_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> }
>
> static int hfsplus_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> return hfsplus_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
> }
> diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
> index 51d26aa2b93e0955134cfb901619b513a64427ed..f62590281f9f27343a104f879bb43670026de2d5 100644
> --- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
> +++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
> @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static struct inode *hostfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, char *name)
> }
>
> static int hostfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct inode *inode;
> char *name;
> diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
> index 353e13a615f56664638f08a3408f90a727f5458b..809113d8248d50c0eaa57047b6c4bd87b9a5c6be 100644
> --- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static struct dentry *hpfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> }
>
> static int hpfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> const unsigned char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
> unsigned len = dentry->d_name.len;
> diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> index f42548ee9083c6bf4b20f9a75e069e5f69fdfc3a..0ebac5c318017edeab79d1d311796926a440bf6e 100644
> --- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> @@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static struct dentry *hugetlbfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir
>
> static int hugetlbfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
> - umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + umode_t mode)
> {
> return hugetlbfs_mknod(idmap, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
> }
> diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
> index dd91f725ded69ccb3a240aafd72a4b552f21bcd9..e77c84e43621a8c53e9852843f18cc3514315650 100644
> --- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
> static int jffs2_readdir (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
>
> static int jffs2_create (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,
> - struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
> + struct dentry *, umode_t);
> static struct dentry *jffs2_lookup (struct inode *,struct dentry *,
> unsigned int);
> static int jffs2_link (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
> @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int jffs2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
>
>
> static int jffs2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir_i,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct jffs2_raw_inode *ri;
> struct jffs2_inode_info *f, *dir_f;
> diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
> index 65a218eba8faf9508f5727515b812f6de2661618..48111f8d3efe40becadd857c56c84ed09de867ef 100644
> --- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static inline void free_ea_wmap(struct inode *inode)
> *
> */
> static int jfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dip,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> int rc = 0;
> tid_t tid; /* transaction id */
> diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
> index 263e4ba8b1c822c388070a9ed3e123f272fcbe61..79e591bdfdc10de9719ae107e71daca28305b7f9 100644
> --- a/fs/minix/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int minix_tmpfile(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> }
>
> static int minix_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> return minix_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
> }
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index 2c83f894f2764c4c40b3790a9dddd4fde5066d53..9439beabfef6e5d6bc08665284d155aba2deab48 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -4129,7 +4129,7 @@ int vfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
> error = try_break_deleg(dir, di);
> if (error)
> return error;
> - error = dir->i_op->create(idmap, dir, dentry, mode, true);
> + error = dir->i_op->create(idmap, dir, dentry, mode);
> if (!error)
> fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
> return error;
> @@ -4438,7 +4438,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct file *file,
> }
>
> error = dir_inode->i_op->create(idmap, dir_inode, dentry,
> - mode, open_flag & O_EXCL);
> + mode);
> if (error)
> goto out_dput;
> }
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
> index ea9f6ca8f30fa250425921b403d67d05fcf13b61..d7f072ca0a77056bd851ad3bbc981883dc3bf08b 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
> @@ -2378,9 +2378,9 @@ static int nfs_do_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
> }
>
> int nfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> - return nfs_do_create(dir, dentry, mode, excl ? O_EXCL : 0);
> + return nfs_do_create(dir, dentry, mode, O_EXCL);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_create);
>
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
> index 2ecd38e1d17a8053a9134702588d57efc35f49e9..b122c4f34f7b53c5102a8b5138efe269af433c81 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
> +++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
> @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ extern unsigned long nfs_access_cache_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
> struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
> void nfs_d_prune_case_insensitive_aliases(struct inode *inode);
> int nfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
> - umode_t, bool);
> + umode_t);
> struct dentry *nfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
> umode_t);
> int nfs_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
> diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
> index 40f4b1a28705b6e0eb8f0978cf3ac18b43aa1331..31d1d466c03048aaaab23f64c3f413c095939770 100644
> --- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ nilfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
> * with d_instantiate().
> */
> static int nilfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct inode *inode;
> struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
> index 82c8ae56beee6d79046dd6c8f02ff0f35e9a1ad3..49fe635b550d3f51f81138649b47c9c831a73e3b 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
> @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
> * ntfs_create - inode_operations::create
> */
> static int ntfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> return ntfs_create_inode(idmap, dir, dentry, NULL, S_IFREG | mode, 0,
> NULL, 0, NULL);
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
> index cccaa1d6fbbac13ebcaf14a9183277890708e643..bd4b2269598b49c6f88dd8d201e246ee5ed855a6 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
> @@ -454,8 +454,7 @@ static struct dentry *dlmfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
> static int dlmfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> struct inode *dir,
> struct dentry *dentry,
> - umode_t mode,
> - bool excl)
> + umode_t mode)
> {
> int status = 0;
> struct inode *inode;
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
> index c90b254da75eb5b90d2af5e37d41e781efe8b836..7443f468f45657cf68779a02e4edf4e38fb70f59 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
> @@ -666,8 +666,7 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> static int ocfs2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> struct inode *dir,
> struct dentry *dentry,
> - umode_t mode,
> - bool excl)
> + umode_t mode)
> {
> int ret;
>
> diff --git a/fs/omfs/dir.c b/fs/omfs/dir.c
> index 2ed541fccf331d796805dd1594fbf05c1f7f3b9a..a09a98f7e30bc66deca60725f9462d081b5e4784 100644
> --- a/fs/omfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/omfs/dir.c
> @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static struct dentry *omfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> }
>
> static int omfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> return omfs_add_node(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG);
> }
> diff --git a/fs/orangefs/namei.c b/fs/orangefs/namei.c
> index bec5475de094dada6bb29eaf8520a875880f3bab..0ebaa7f000f26f1c1ecffd22cfe4272f20a783ed 100644
> --- a/fs/orangefs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/orangefs/namei.c
> @@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
> static int orangefs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> struct inode *dir,
> struct dentry *dentry,
> - umode_t mode,
> - bool exclusive)
> + umode_t mode)
> {
> struct orangefs_inode_s *parent = ORANGEFS_I(dir);
> struct orangefs_kernel_op_s *new_op;
> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
> index 06b860b9ded6b25ed9762a46f7e26e98e97a8dea..2dfb269a18a89095d56d33d11ca9b7a831832b6d 100644
> --- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
> @@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static int ovl_create_object(struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev,
> }
>
> static int ovl_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> return ovl_create_object(dentry, (mode & 07777) | S_IFREG, 0, NULL);
> }
> diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
> index 41f9995da7cab0d11395cb40a98fb4936d52597f..b6502aaa4fb44d27c939da9fae4449af7edd28d4 100644
> --- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static struct dentry *ramfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> }
>
> static int ramfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> return ramfs_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
> }
> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
> index e9534258d1efd0bb34f36bf2c725c64d0a8ca8f4..294c66cea2eca3344e09cd77619761e9cb79a807 100644
> --- a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
> +++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ extern void cifs_sb_deactive(struct super_block *sb);
> extern const struct inode_operations cifs_dir_inode_ops;
> extern struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *);
> extern int cifs_create(struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,
> - struct dentry *, umode_t, bool excl);
> + struct dentry *, umode_t);
> extern int cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
> struct file *, unsigned, umode_t);
> extern struct dentry *cifs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/dir.c b/fs/smb/client/dir.c
> index da5597dbf5b9f140c6801158ac2357fa911c52ab..b00bc214db9f0e9533f481f41ac99ac8937610ac 100644
> --- a/fs/smb/client/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/smb/client/dir.c
> @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry,
> }
>
> int cifs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode,
> - struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode)
> {
> int rc;
> unsigned int xid = get_xid();
> diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
> index 3c3d3ad4fa6cb719e9ec08fa2164c55371c017c1..4840a6f7974e254eba4ca249357e968764e326e0 100644
> --- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
> @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int ubifs_prepare_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
> }
>
> static int ubifs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct inode *inode;
> struct ubifs_info *c = dir->i_sb->s_fs_info;
> diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
> index 5f2e9a892bffa9579143cedf71d80efa7ad6e9fb..f83b5564cbc4c68c02c07bb3ab2109bfabdc799d 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
> @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static int udf_add_nondir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
> }
>
> static int udf_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct inode *inode = udf_new_inode(dir, mode);
>
> diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
> index 5b3c85c9324298f4ff6aa3d4feeb962ce5ede539..5012e056200aca671364d34a7faf647e6747e1d2 100644
> --- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
> @@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ static struct dentry *ufs_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsi
> * with d_instantiate().
> */
> static int ufs_create (struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
> - struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode,
> - bool excl)
> + struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> struct inode *inode;
>
> diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
> index 42bedc4ec7af7709c564a7174805d185ce86f854..330dade582d081e965c0e365bd2f96ae31d92ccc 100644
> --- a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
> @@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ static int vboxsf_dir_create(struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
>
> static int vboxsf_dir_mkfile(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
> - umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + umode_t mode)
> {
> - return vboxsf_dir_create(parent, dentry, mode, false, excl, NULL);
> + return vboxsf_dir_create(parent, dentry, mode, false, true, NULL);
> }
>
> static struct dentry *vboxsf_dir_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> index ad94fbf55014c637ab93d38bf4569c6a75b0236e..b39c44285863596a98e5cb73686ea5fc17382392 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> @@ -293,8 +293,7 @@ xfs_vn_create(
> struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> struct inode *dir,
> struct dentry *dentry,
> - umode_t mode,
> - bool flags)
> + umode_t mode)
> {
> return xfs_generic_create(idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0, NULL);
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index ce25feb06727db58f7ddae2c578856311a3fb0ee..47039f3cc6125b70787cc3ec992917e56fb7560c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -1991,8 +1991,8 @@ struct inode_operations {
>
> int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
>
> - int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,
> - umode_t, bool);
> + int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
> + umode_t);
> int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
> int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
> int (*symlink) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,
> diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
> index c118ca2c377a7ba4deab2da49fbb1aab3a3057af..54c91e401d2d172099ebb6e3bf9b9c8ff396607d 100644
> --- a/ipc/mqueue.c
> +++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
> @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static int mqueue_create_attr(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, void *arg)
> }
>
> static int mqueue_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> return mqueue_create_attr(dentry, mode, NULL);
> }
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index 899303d8c9aa39463b96ba1168d3dd125d9e8a7b..e714ee1daf4474b7fc9827b93197edbf9db5554b 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -3914,7 +3914,7 @@ static struct dentry *shmem_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> }
>
> static int shmem_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
> - struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
> + struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
> {
> return shmem_mknod(idmap, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
> }
>
> ---
> base-commit: d6ea5537c1a66a54d34f50d51ad201b1a2319ccf
> change-id: 20251105-create-excl-2b366d9bf3bb
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
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