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vfs: add O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY to open*(2)

From:  Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra-AT-xs4all.nl>
To:  Christian Brauner <brauner-AT-kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack-AT-suse.cz>, Al Viro <viro-AT-zeniv.linux.org.uk>, NeilBrown <neil-AT-brown.name>
Subject:  [PATCH 00/12] vfs: add O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY to open*(2)
Date:  Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:44:26 +0200
Message-ID:  <20260614164438.2980769-1-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
Cc:  linux-fsdevel-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra-AT-xs4all.nl>
Archive-link:  Article

This series implements new semantics for the O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY flag
combination for open*(2): perform a mkdir and open the resulting
directory; return a pinning fd (which mkdir does not).

Jori Koolstra (12):
  fs/namei.c: use trailing_slashes()
  fs/namei.c: move create error && negative dentry case in lookup_open
    up
  vfs: prepare vfs_creat|mkdir_no_perm for reuse in lookup_open()
  fs/namei.c: lookup_open(): move audit_inode_child() up
  vfs: lookup_open(): move setting FMODE_CREATED up when calling
    create()
  vfs: lookup_open(): move i_op->create check to before
    try_break_deleg()
  vfs: lookup_open(): use vfs_create_no_perm()
  vfs: add O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY to open*(2)
  vfs: move O_IS_MKDIR check out atomic_open() to individual filesystems
  vfs: refuse O_CREAT for directories through a dangling symlink
  vfs: short-circuit MAY_WRITE access for O_DIRECTORY opens
  selftest: add tests for open*(O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY)

 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                                    | 233 ++++++++++++------
 fs/nfs/dir.c                                  |   3 +
 fs/nfs/file.c                                 |   3 +
 fs/open.c                                     |  32 ++-
 fs/smb/client/dir.c                           |   3 +
 fs/vboxsf/dir.c                               |   3 +
 include/linux/fcntl.h                         |   7 +
 .../testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore  |   1 +
 tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile  |   4 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fclog.c   |   1 +
 .../filesystems/open_o_creat_o_dir.c          | 197 +++++++++++++++
 16 files changed, 413 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/open_o_creat_o_dir.c


base-commit: 8cd9520d35a6c38db6567e97dd93b1f11f185dc6
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2.54.0




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