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Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v3] vfs: remove the excl argument from the ->create() inode_operation
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 11:18:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251203-sechzehn-lethargisch-cd739d4ff49a@brauner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251201-create-excl-v3-1-8933a444b046@kernel.org>
On Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:11:42 -0500, 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().
>
> [...]
Applied to the vfs-6.20.mkdir branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.20.mkdir branch should appear in linux-next soon.
Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.
It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.
Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.
tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.20.mkdir
[1/1] vfs: remove the excl argument from the ->create() inode_operation
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/7d91315b4335
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2025-12-01 13:11 Jeff Layton
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