Subject	vfs: add O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY to open*(2)
Author	jkoolstra@xs4all.nl
Date	2026-08-23 16:06:57 +0000 UTC
Version	Version 1 Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 5 Version 6
Cc	aleksa@amutable.com amir73il@gmail.com brauner@kernel.org jack@suse.cz jkoolstra@xs4all.nl jlayton@kernel.org linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org neil@brown.name viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk

Patches (10)

Name	Content [All]
[PATCH v5 01/10] fs/namei.c: use trailing_slashes()	[Body]
[PATCH v5 02/10] vfs: prepare vfs_creat|mkdir_no_perm for reuse in lookup_open()	[Body]
[PATCH v5 03/10] vfs: lookup_open(): move setting FMODE_CREATED down	[Body]
[PATCH v5 04/10] vfs: move ->create check in lookup_open() to before try_break_deleg()	[Body]
[PATCH v5 05/10] vfs: lookup_open(): use vfs_create_no_perm()	[Body]
[PATCH v5 06/10] vfs: add O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY to open*(2)	[Body]
[PATCH v5 07/10] vfs: move O_IS_MKDIR check from lookup_open() into individual filesystems	[Body]
[PATCH v5 08/10] vfs: refuse O_CREAT for directories through a dangling symlink	[Body]
[PATCH v5 09/10] vfs: short-circuit MAY_WRITE access for O_DIRECTORY opens	[Body]
[PATCH v5 10/10] selftest: add tests for open*(O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY)	[Body]

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