[RFC PATCH v6 8/9] vfs: move O_IS_MKDIR check out atomic_open() to individual filesystems
From: Jori Koolstra
Date: Sun May 31 2026 - 14:20:49 EST
Individual filesystems need to get the chance to implement
O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY or not, rather than decide this at the VFS level in
atomic_open().
Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/9p/vfs_inode.c | 3 +++
fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c | 3 +++
fs/ceph/file.c | 3 +++
fs/fuse/dir.c | 3 +++
fs/gfs2/inode.c | 3 +++
fs/namei.c | 8 ++------
fs/nfs/dir.c | 3 +++
fs/nfs/file.c | 3 +++
fs/smb/client/dir.c | 3 +++
fs/vboxsf/dir.c | 3 +++
10 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index f468acb8ee7d..8eff9320aa8a 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -771,6 +771,9 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
struct inode *inode;
int p9_omode;
+ if (O_IS_MKDIR(flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (d_in_lookup(dentry)) {
struct dentry *res = v9fs_vfs_lookup(dir, dentry, 0);
if (res || d_really_is_positive(dentry))
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 141fb54db65d..9a63ae0f3b58 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
struct posix_acl *pacl = NULL, *dacl = NULL;
+ if (O_IS_MKDIR(flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (d_in_lookup(dentry)) {
struct dentry *res = v9fs_vfs_lookup(dir, dentry, 0);
if (res || d_really_is_positive(dentry))
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index d54d71669176..a82a711a86e6 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -813,6 +813,9 @@ int ceph_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+ if (O_IS_MKDIR(flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
err = ceph_wait_on_conflict_unlink(dentry);
if (err)
return err;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index b658b6baf72f..58f3310f828f 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -940,6 +940,9 @@ static int fuse_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry,
if (fuse_is_bad(dir))
return -EIO;
+ if (O_IS_MKDIR(flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (d_in_lookup(entry)) {
struct dentry *res = fuse_lookup(dir, entry, 0);
if (res || d_really_is_positive(entry))
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index e9bf4879c07f..df66ac2d0c15 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1384,6 +1384,9 @@ static int gfs2_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
{
bool excl = !!(flags & O_EXCL);
+ if (O_IS_MKDIR(flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (d_in_lookup(dentry)) {
struct dentry *d = __gfs2_lookup(dir, dentry, file);
if (file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED) {
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 724b9de6831a..6cc3d42dc1a5 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4409,12 +4409,8 @@ static struct dentry *atomic_open(const struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry
file->__f_path.dentry = DENTRY_NOT_SET;
file->__f_path.mnt = path->mnt;
-
- if (O_IS_MKDIR(open_flag))
- error = EINVAL;
- else
- error = dir->i_op->atomic_open(dir, dentry, file,
- open_to_namei_flags(open_flag), mode);
+ error = dir->i_op->atomic_open(dir, dentry, file,
+ open_to_namei_flags(open_flag), mode);
d_lookup_done(dentry);
if (!error) {
if (file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED) {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index e9ce1883288c..cbbc61788d0e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2314,6 +2314,9 @@ int nfs_atomic_open_v23(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
if (dentry->d_name.len > NFS_SERVER(dir)->namelen)
return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+ if (O_IS_MKDIR(open_flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (open_flags & O_CREAT) {
error = nfs_do_create(dir, dentry, mode, open_flags);
if (!error) {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 25048a3c2364..b885d8facaf5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ int nfs_check_flags(int flags)
if ((flags & (O_APPEND | O_DIRECT)) == (O_APPEND | O_DIRECT))
return -EINVAL;
+ if (O_IS_MKDIR(flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_check_flags);
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/dir.c b/fs/smb/client/dir.c
index e4295a5b55b3..b282753713d6 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/dir.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/dir.c
@@ -526,6 +526,9 @@ int cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *direntry,
if (unlikely(cifs_forced_shutdown(cifs_sb)))
return smb_EIO(smb_eio_trace_forced_shutdown);
+ if (O_IS_MKDIR(oflags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* Posix open is only called (at lookup time) for file create now. For
* opens (rather than creates), because we do not know if it is a file
diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
index 42bedc4ec7af..cc999c1ab7cf 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ static int vboxsf_dir_atomic_open(struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
u64 handle;
int err;
+ if (O_IS_MKDIR(flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (d_in_lookup(dentry)) {
struct dentry *res = vboxsf_dir_lookup(parent, dentry, 0);
if (res || d_really_is_positive(dentry))
--
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