Re: [PATCH -V6 08/26] vfs: Add new file and directory create permission flags

[David Howells]

Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> -static inline int may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child)
> +static inline int may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child, int isdir)

Would it make sense to pass the proposed mode_t instead?  That way you can
check for symlinks and other file types too if necessary later.

David
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