linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 02/68] init_mkdir(): turn into a trivial wrapper for do

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Message-ID: <20260114043310.3885463-3-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 04:32:04 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>,
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	audit@...r.kernel.org,
	io-uring@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 02/68] init_mkdir(): turn into a trivial wrapper for do_mkdirat()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/init.c | 19 +------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/init.c b/fs/init.c
index 746d02628bc3..4b1fd7675095 100644
--- a/fs/init.c
+++ b/fs/init.c
@@ -202,24 +202,7 @@ int __init init_unlink(const char *pathname)
 
 int __init init_mkdir(const char *pathname, umode_t mode)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-	struct path path;
-	int error;
-
-	dentry = start_creating_path(AT_FDCWD, pathname, &path,
-				     LOOKUP_DIRECTORY);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
-	mode = mode_strip_umask(d_inode(path.dentry), mode);
-	error = security_path_mkdir(&path, dentry, mode);
-	if (!error) {
-		dentry = vfs_mkdir(mnt_idmap(path.mnt), path.dentry->d_inode,
-				  dentry, mode, NULL);
-		if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-			error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-	}
-	end_creating_path(&path, dentry);
-	return error;
+	return do_mkdirat(AT_FDCWD, getname_kernel(pathname), mode);
 }
 
 int __init init_rmdir(const char *pathname)
-- 
2.47.3