Remove excl arg to ->create inode_operation

The only time that 'false' is passed as the 'excl' arg to the ->create
inode_operation is in lookup_open() when ->atomic_open is not provided
by the parent directory.
*all* directory inode_operations which do not have ->atomic_open
completely ignore the 'excl' arg.

Therefore we don't need the 'excl' arg.  Those few ->create operations
which pay attention to the arg are only ever called with a value of
'true'.

We remove that arg and change all ->create operations to behave as those
thhe arg were 'true'.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178290671516.27465.15984496764174914338@noble.neil.brown.name
Reviewed-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>

53 files changed, 67 insertions, 68 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index 08d01bc62c31..c274c5eef733 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ inode_operations
 
 prototypes::
 
-	int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t, bool);
+	int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t);
 	struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
index d13f0a23c882..02522fbfd968 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
@@ -1401,3 +1401,11 @@ as with d_dispose_if_unused() these are not trivial; with this variant
 of API it's more explicit, since grabbing ->d_lock is caller-side, but
 d_dispose_if_unused() had all the same issues.  It's a low-level primitive;
 use only if you have no alternative.
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+The .create inode_operation no longer receives the 'excl' arg.  It must
+always assume the file does not already exist.  If the filesystem needs
+to be involved in non-exclusive create, it should provide atomic_open.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
index 7c753148af88..651b83b00440 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined:
 .. code-block:: c
 
 	struct inode_operations {
-		int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
+		int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t);
 		struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 		int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 		int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 8abc88a20f00..3829554ca369 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -645,7 +645,6 @@ error:
  * @dir: The parent directory
  * @dentry: The name of file to be created
  * @mode: The UNIX file mode to set
- * @excl: True if the file must not yet exist
  *
  * open(.., O_CREAT) is handled in v9fs_vfs_atomic_open().  This is only called
  * for mknod(2).
@@ -654,7 +653,7 @@ error:
 
 static int
 v9fs_vfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
 	u32 perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 92d065609a8d..116b29e95f21 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -213,12 +213,11 @@ int v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(int flags)
  * @dir: directory inode that is being created
  * @dentry:  dentry that is being deleted
  * @omode: create permissions
- * @excl: True if the file must not yet exist
  *
  */
 static int
 v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		     struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode, bool excl)
+		     struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode)
 {
 	return v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(idmap, dir, dentry, omode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index 44a3f69d275f..d6b3393633f2 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ extern int	affs_hash_name(struct super_block *sb, const u8 *name, unsigned int l
 extern struct dentry *affs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int);
 extern int	affs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 extern int	affs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool);
+			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 extern struct dentry *affs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 extern int	affs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index 1a6b2492ab03..5311828b19e8 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ affs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 int
 affs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-	    struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+	    struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct inode	*inode;
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 3bff8731e67a..41815294bdf4 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static bool afs_lookup_one_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, in
 static bool afs_lookup_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int nlen,
 			      loff_t fpos, u64 ino, unsigned dtype);
 static int afs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl);
+		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 static struct dentry *afs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 				struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 static int afs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -1623,7 +1623,7 @@ static const struct afs_operation_ops afs_create_operation = {
  * create a regular file on an AFS filesystem
  */
 static int afs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct afs_operation *op;
 	struct afs_vnode *dvnode = AFS_FS_I(dir);
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index acf8613f5e36..486c40f73e51 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static const struct file_operations bad_file_ops =
 
 static int bad_inode_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			    struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-			    umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			    umode_t mode)
 {
 	return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index 5b40ab09a796..4c3b4db08cde 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations = {
 };
 
 static int bfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c19f75cc3e7c..b618ab18b733 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6832,7 +6832,7 @@ static int btrfs_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 }
 
 static int btrfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 32a48550eacf..b957149abe5a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int ceph_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return ceph_mknod(idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 9ad4d217c8b6..67148edfadee 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static inline void coda_dir_drop_nlink(struct inode *dir)
 
 /* creation routines: create, mknod, mkdir, link, symlink */
 static int coda_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		       struct dentry *de, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		       struct dentry *de, umode_t mode)
 {
 	int error;
 	const char *name=de->d_name.name;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 7aaf1913f9c6..525297c7ebd8 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ out:
 static int
 ecryptfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		struct inode *directory_inode, struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
-		umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *ecryptfs_inode;
 	int rc;
diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
index 95dcad83da11..f0d009555fc6 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static bool efivarfs_valid_name(const char *str, int len)
 }
 
 static int efivarfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			   struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			   struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	struct efivar_entry *var;
diff --git a/fs/exfat/namei.c b/fs/exfat/namei.c
index b7d5e44ad38e..cd9c9eca58f8 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/namei.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int exfat_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 411fd09c3c7e..8666233ec63b 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct dentry *ext2_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
  */
 static int ext2_create (struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
 			struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
-			umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int err;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 0992fe21b261..640a03ee02c7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2811,7 +2811,7 @@ static int ext4_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
  * with d_instantiate().
  */
 static int ext4_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 592ef4ae59b0..5ae647a352aa 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ fail_drop:
 }
 
 static int f2fs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(dir);
 	struct f2fs_lock_context lc;
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index 0fd2971ad4b1..9f2a2e9a9ce8 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static int msdos_add_entry(struct inode *dir, const unsigned char *name,
 
 /***** Create a file */
 static int msdos_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index e909447873e3..139d3ef4bfae 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ error:
 }
 
 static int vfat_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 7decbe4ea48a..d4e0029810c0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ static int fuse_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 }
 
 static int fuse_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		       struct dentry *entry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		       struct dentry *entry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return fuse_mknod(idmap, dir, entry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 62926d8e997a..f361876c5583 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -963,15 +963,14 @@ fail:
  * @dir: The directory in which to create the file
  * @dentry: The dentry of the new file
  * @mode: The mode of the new file
- * @excl: Force fail if inode exists
  *
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
 static int gfs2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
-	return gfs2_create_inode(dir, dentry, NULL, S_IFREG | mode, 0, NULL, 0, excl);
+	return gfs2_create_inode(dir, dentry, NULL, S_IFREG | mode, 0, NULL, 0, 1);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index a7bb9009c5ee..e1f1fb351464 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int hfs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
  * the directory and the name (and its length) of the new file.
  */
 static int hfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int res;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index ec74de68b35f..51fcba2e6d40 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int hfsplus_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			  struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			  struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return hfsplus_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index abe86d72d9ef..7add056d47d8 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static struct inode *hostfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, char *name)
 }
 
 static int hostfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			 struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			 struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	char *name;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index b57dee5a0660..9446f4038874 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ bail:
 }
 
 static int hpfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	const unsigned char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
 	unsigned len = dentry->d_name.len;
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 154d9fa8ccd1..38e9e59f64d8 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static struct dentry *hugetlbfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir
 
 static int hugetlbfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			    struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-			    umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			    umode_t mode)
 {
 	return hugetlbfs_mknod(idmap, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 2b86adcbd8f4..656c920864c5 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 static int jffs2_readdir (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
 static int jffs2_create (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,
-		         struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
+		         struct dentry *, umode_t);
 static struct dentry *jffs2_lookup (struct inode *,struct dentry *,
 				    unsigned int);
 static int jffs2_link (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int jffs2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 
 
 static int jffs2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir_i,
-			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct jffs2_raw_inode *ri;
 	struct jffs2_inode_info *f, *dir_f;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 9ce5b8ff91bf..8a36c218f0f7 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static inline void free_ea_wmap(struct inode *inode)
  *
  */
 static int jfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dip,
-		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	tid_t tid;		/* transaction id */
diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 19b03ee15c28..5525ba367ed7 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int minix_tmpfile(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 }
 
 static int minix_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return minix_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 6554803d6903..7ead3db55be2 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4194,7 +4194,7 @@ int vfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 	error = try_break_deleg(dir, LEASE_BREAK_DIR_CREATE, di);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-	error = dir->i_op->create(idmap, dir, dentry, mode, true);
+	error = dir->i_op->create(idmap, dir, dentry, mode);
 	if (!error)
 		fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
 	return error;
@@ -4500,8 +4500,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct file *file,
 			goto out_dput;
 		}
 
-		error = dir_inode->i_op->create(idmap, dir_inode, dentry,
-						mode, open_flag & O_EXCL);
+		error = dir_inode->i_op->create(idmap, dir_inode, dentry, mode);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_dput;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 630718739d59..50acc0a9d2b2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2427,9 +2427,9 @@ out_err:
 }
 
 int nfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-	       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+	       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
-	return nfs_do_create(dir, dentry, mode, excl ? O_EXCL : 0);
+	return nfs_do_create(dir, dentry, mode, O_EXCL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_create);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index acaeff7ddfdf..dd77d5e80d7b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ extern unsigned long nfs_access_cache_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
 struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 void nfs_d_prune_case_insensitive_aliases(struct inode *inode);
 int nfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
-	       umode_t, bool);
+	       umode_t);
 struct dentry *nfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 			 umode_t);
 int nfs_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index d7d4f4d9a4e8..77c5f7f74fbf 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ nilfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
  * with d_instantiate().
  */
 static int nilfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
index ef4c52b2b7b9..f6ecd78f0fe1 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ err_out:
 }
 
 static int ntfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct ntfs_volume *vol = NTFS_SB(dir->i_sb);
 	struct ntfs_inode *ni;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
index c6efb488e48e..5ab45d17333e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
  * ntfs_create - inode_operations::create
  */
 static int ntfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return ntfs_create_inode(idmap, dir, dentry, NULL, S_IFREG | mode, 0,
 				 NULL, 0, NULL);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index dc538fd8d9f8..53df5dd10ad0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -453,8 +453,7 @@ bail:
 static int dlmfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry,
-			umode_t mode,
-			bool excl)
+			umode_t mode)
 {
 	int status = 0;
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index b87eb6a2fa38..b23dd678a7e0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -667,8 +667,7 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 static int ocfs2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry,
-			umode_t mode,
-			bool excl)
+			umode_t mode)
 {
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/omfs/dir.c b/fs/omfs/dir.c
index 418906614f89..692297cf84e7 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/dir.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static struct dentry *omfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 }
 
 static int omfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return omfs_add_node(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG);
 }
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/namei.c b/fs/orangefs/namei.c
index 22b4107b8dc0..8ebc34e112d5 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/namei.c
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 static int orangefs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry,
-			umode_t mode,
-			bool exclusive)
+			umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct orangefs_inode_s *parent = ORANGEFS_I(dir);
 	struct orangefs_kernel_op_s *new_op;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index a033743dbf51..88bcf98d287d 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int ovl_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return ovl_create_object(dentry, (mode & 07777) | S_IFREG, 0, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index e884ebc58a33..0a88ede48e0a 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static struct dentry *ramfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 }
 
 static int ramfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return ramfs_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
index 901e1340c986..bcf2ff87da2d 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void cifs_sb_deactive(struct super_block *sb);
 extern const struct inode_operations cifs_dir_inode_ops;
 struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *sb);
 int cifs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode, bool excl);
+		struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode);
 int cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *direntry,
 		     struct file *file, unsigned int oflags, umode_t mode);
 int cifs_tmpfile(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/dir.c b/fs/smb/client/dir.c
index 88a4a1787ff0..7803bd5bd01f 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/dir.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/dir.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ out_free_xid:
  * hashed-positive by calling d_instantiate().
  */
 int cifs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(dir);
 	int rc;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index b200f3d682b6..23ec924162d6 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int ubifs_prepare_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 static int ubifs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct ubifs_info *c = dir->i_sb->s_fs_info;
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index 849762a7d14e..b90841ac0a40 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static int udf_add_nondir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 static int udf_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = udf_new_inode(dir, mode);
 
diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index 718e96506532..6703f3bcf76f 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ static struct dentry *ufs_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsi
  * with d_instantiate(). 
  */
 static int ufs_create (struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
-		struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode,
-		bool excl)
+		struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
index c5bd3271aa96..0b9eab157432 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ out:
 
 static int vboxsf_dir_mkfile(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			     struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
-			     umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			     umode_t mode)
 {
-	return vboxsf_dir_create(parent, dentry, mode, false, excl, NULL);
+	return vboxsf_dir_create(parent, dentry, mode, false, true, NULL);
 }
 
 static struct dentry *vboxsf_dir_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index a3c02101ff3f..4a3299abf774 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -293,8 +293,7 @@ xfs_vn_create(
 	struct mnt_idmap	*idmap,
 	struct inode		*dir,
 	struct dentry		*dentry,
-	umode_t			mode,
-	bool			flags)
+	umode_t			mode)
 {
 	return xfs_generic_create(idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0, NULL);
 }
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ STATIC struct dentry *
 xfs_vn_ci_lookup(
 	struct inode	*dir,
 	struct dentry	*dentry,
-	unsigned int flags)
+	unsigned int	flags)
 {
 	struct xfs_inode *ip;
 	struct xfs_name	xname;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d10897b3a1e3..1b7c40b2fa6d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
 	int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
 
 	int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,
-		       umode_t, bool);
+		       umode_t);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*symlink) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 4798b375972b..2dddb97f2f8a 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ out_unlock:
 }
 
 static int mqueue_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			 struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			 struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return mqueue_create_attr(dentry, mode, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b51f83c970bb..5789a0f5a346 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3864,7 +3864,7 @@ static struct dentry *shmem_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 }
 
 static int shmem_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
-			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
+			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return shmem_mknod(idmap, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
 }