51 files changed, 62 insertions, 64 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 33f2c8f1db81..e0cce2a5f820 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ d_manage:	no		no		yes (ref-walk)	maybe
 
 --------------------------- inode_operations --------------------------- 
 prototypes:
-        int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t, struct nameidata *);
+        int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t, bool);
         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 b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 690f573928b9..2bef2b3843d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -436,3 +436,9 @@ d_make_root() drops the reference to inode if dentry allocation fails.
 [mandatory]
         The witch is dead!  Well, 2/3 of it, anyway.  ->d_revalidate() and
 ->lookup() do *not* take struct nameidata anymore; just the flags.
+--
+[mandatory]
+        ->create() doesn't take struct nameidata *; unlike the previous
+two, it gets "is it an O_EXCL or equivalent?" boolean argument.  Note that
+local filesystems can ignore tha argument - they are guaranteed that the
+object doesn't exist.  It's remote/distributed ones that might care...
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index ee786354946c..aa754e01464e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ This describes how the VFS can manipulate an inode in your
 filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined:
 
 struct inode_operations {
-        int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t, struct nameidata *);
+        int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
         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 bb0d7627f95b..cbf9dbb1b2a2 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ error:
 
 static int
 v9fs_vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         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 b97619fed196..40895546e103 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ int v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(int flags)
 
 static int
 v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         return v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(dir, dentry, omode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index 49e4e3457bfd..6e216419f340 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ extern void	affs_free_bitmap(struct super_block *sb);
 extern int      affs_hash_name(struct super_block *sb, const u8 *name, unsigned int len);
 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 inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *);
+extern int      affs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool);
 extern int      affs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 extern int      affs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 extern int      affs_link(struct dentry *olddentry, struct inode *dir,
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index 7f9721be709f..ff65884a7839 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ affs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 
 int
-affs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+affs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
         struct inode    *inode;
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index ffb33e36ea72..db477906ba4f 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static void afs_d_release(struct dentry *dentry);
 static int afs_lookup_filldir(void *_cookie, const char *name, int nlen,
                                   loff_t fpos, u64 ino, unsigned dtype);
 static int afs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                      struct nameidata *nd);
+                      bool excl);
 static int afs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 static int afs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 static int afs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ error:
  * create a regular file on an AFS filesystem
  */
 static int afs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                      struct nameidata *nd)
+                      bool excl)
 {
         struct afs_file_status status;
         struct afs_callback cb;
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index d27e73c69ba4..b1342ffb3cf6 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static const struct file_operations bad_file_ops =
 };
 
 static int bad_inode_create (struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-                umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+                umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index 3f1cd3b71681..2785ef91191a 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ const struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations = {
 extern void dump_imap(const char *, struct super_block *);
 
 static int bfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                                                struct nameidata *nd)
+                                                bool excl)
 {
         int err;
         struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index e5f1f81b2d65..fb8d671d00e6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4893,7 +4893,7 @@ out_unlock:
 }
 
 static int btrfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-                        umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+                        umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
         struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dir)->root;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 74b2f3c54fe7..00894ff9246c 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static int ceph_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 static int ceph_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                       struct nameidata *nd)
+                       bool excl)
 {
         return ceph_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 1abd31fd5bf0..1c49c5a9b27a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ extern const struct address_space_operations cifs_addr_ops_smallbuf;
 extern const struct inode_operations cifs_dir_inode_ops;
 extern struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *);
 extern int cifs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t,
-                       struct nameidata *);
+                       bool excl);
 extern int cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
                             struct file *, unsigned, umode_t,
                             int *);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 2d732b9276ee..a180265a10b5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ free_xid:
 }
 
 int cifs_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         int rc;
         int xid = GetXid();
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index da35e965861d..49fe52d25600 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "coda_int.h"
 
 /* dir inode-ops */
-static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd);
+static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new, umode_t mode, bool excl);
 static struct dentry *coda_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *target, unsigned int flags);
 static int coda_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir_inode, 
                      struct dentry *entry);
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static inline void coda_dir_drop_nlink(struct inode *dir)
 }
 
 /* creation routines: create, mknod, mkdir, link, symlink */
-static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         int error;
         const char *name=de->d_name.name;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 4ab50c3f5ab2..f079dafea75a 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ out:
  * @dir: The inode of the directory in which to create the file.
  * @dentry: The eCryptfs dentry
  * @mode: The mode of the new file.
- * @nd: nameidata
  *
  * Creates a new file.
  *
@@ -248,7 +247,7 @@ out:
  */
 static int
 ecryptfs_create(struct inode *directory_inode, struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
-                umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+                umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         struct inode *ecryptfs_inode;
         int rc;
diff --git a/fs/exofs/namei.c b/fs/exofs/namei.c
index 909ed6ea4cf6..4731fd991efe 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/namei.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static struct dentry *exofs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 static int exofs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                         struct nameidata *nd)
+                         bool excl)
 {
         struct inode *inode = exofs_new_inode(dir, mode);
         int err = PTR_ERR(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index b3e6778cd1e7..9ba7de0e5903 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct dentry *ext2_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate(). 
  */
-static int ext2_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int ext2_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         struct inode *inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 86d25f3f6043..85286dbe2753 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ static int ext3_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
  * with d_instantiate().
  */
 static int ext3_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         handle_t *handle;
         struct inode * inode;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 4fba3cd42e2b..eca3e48a62f8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ static int ext4_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
  * with d_instantiate().
  */
 static int ext4_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                       struct nameidata *nd)
+                       bool excl)
 {
         handle_t *handle;
         struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index 47c608b05294..70d993a93805 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static int msdos_add_entry(struct inode *dir, const unsigned char *name,
 
 /***** Create a file */
 static int msdos_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                        struct nameidata *nd)
+                        bool excl)
 {
         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 44152571524e..6cc480652433 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ error:
 }
 
 static int vfat_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                       struct nameidata *nd)
+                       bool excl)
 {
         struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
         struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 385235ac137d..8964cf3999b2 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static int fuse_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry, umode_t mode,
 }
 
 static int fuse_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry, umode_t mode,
-                       struct nameidata *nd)
+                       bool excl)
 {
         return fuse_mknod(dir, entry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 19e443b73354..867674785fcf 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -755,11 +755,8 @@ fail:
  */
 
 static int gfs2_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-                       umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+                       umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
-        int excl = 0;
-        if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL))
-                excl = 1;
         return gfs2_create_inode(dir, dentry, S_IFREG | mode, 0, NULL, 0, excl);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index 617b1ed71f52..422dde2ec0a1 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ 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 inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                      struct nameidata *nd)
+                      bool excl)
 {
         struct inode *inode;
         int res;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 90c2f78b2c79..378ea0c43f19 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int hfsplus_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                          struct nameidata *nd)
+                          bool excl)
 {
         return hfsplus_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 0ea005228e1b..124146543aa7 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int read_name(struct inode *ino, char *name)
 }
 
 int hostfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                  struct nameidata *nd)
+                  bool excl)
 {
         struct inode *inode;
         char *name;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index 9083ef8af58c..bc9082482f68 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ bail:
         return err;
 }
 
-static int hpfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int hpfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         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 cc9281b6c628..e13e9bdb0bf5 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static int hugetlbfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mod
         return retval;
 }
 
-static int hugetlbfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int hugetlbfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         return hugetlbfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 6a601673f89f..23245191c5b5 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 static int jffs2_readdir (struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 
 static int jffs2_create (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,
-                         struct nameidata *);
+                         bool);
 static struct dentry *jffs2_lookup (struct inode *,struct dentry *,
                                     unsigned int);
 static int jffs2_link (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static int jffs2_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 
 static int jffs2_create(struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *dentry,
-                        umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+                        umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         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 34fe85555caf..c426293e16c1 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static inline void free_ea_wmap(struct inode *inode)
  *
  */
 static int jfs_create(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         int rc = 0;
         tid_t tid;              /* transaction id */
diff --git a/fs/logfs/dir.c b/fs/logfs/dir.c
index 8a3dcc615b39..26e4a941532f 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dir.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int logfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 }
 
 static int logfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         struct inode *inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 1f245240ea08..0db73d9dd668 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int minix_mknod(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 }
 
 static int minix_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         return minix_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index fc01090a96c1..fd71156bfd74 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2082,7 +2082,6 @@ int vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
                 struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         int error = may_create(dir, dentry);
-
         if (error)
                 return error;
 
@@ -2093,7 +2092,7 @@ int vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
         error = security_inode_create(dir, dentry, mode);
         if (error)
                 return error;
-        error = dir->i_op->create(dir, dentry, mode, nd);
+        error = dir->i_op->create(dir, dentry, mode, !nd || (nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL));
         if (!error)
                 fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
         return error;
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index a0cff22bfc9b..4117e7b377bb 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static void ncp_do_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t,
 
 static int ncp_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 
-static int ncp_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t, struct nameidata *);
+static int ncp_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
 static struct dentry *ncp_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 static int ncp_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 static int ncp_mkdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int ncp_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         return ncp_create_new(dir, dentry, mode, 0, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 8f21205c5896..a6b1c7fb8232 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int nfs_opendir(struct inode *, struct file *);
 static int nfs_closedir(struct inode *, struct file *);
 static int nfs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 static struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
-static int nfs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t, struct nameidata *);
+static int nfs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
 static int nfs_mkdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
 static int nfs_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 static int nfs_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
@@ -1589,11 +1589,11 @@ out_error:
  * reply path made it appear to have failed.
  */
 static int nfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-                umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+                umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         struct iattr attr;
+        int open_flags = excl ? O_CREAT | O_EXCL : O_CREAT;
         int error;
-        int open_flags = O_CREAT|O_EXCL;
 
         dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: create(%s/%ld), %s\n",
                         dir->i_sb->s_id, dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name);
@@ -1601,9 +1601,6 @@ static int nfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
         attr.ia_mode = mode;
         attr.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE;
 
-        if (nd && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL))
-                open_flags = O_CREAT;
-
         error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->create(dir, dentry, &attr, open_flags);
         if (error != 0)
                 goto out_err;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 5e5f779db76f..1d0c0b84c5a3 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ nilfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
  * with d_instantiate().
  */
 static int nilfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                        struct nameidata *nd)
+                        bool excl)
 {
         struct inode *inode;
         struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index e31d6ae013ab..83b6f98e0665 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ bail:
 static int dlmfs_create(struct inode *dir,
                         struct dentry *dentry,
                         umode_t mode,
-                        struct nameidata *nd)
+                        bool excl)
 {
         int status = 0;
         struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index fd71f6e5841f..f1fd0741162b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ static int ocfs2_mkdir(struct inode *dir,
 static int ocfs2_create(struct inode *dir,
                         struct dentry *dentry,
                         umode_t mode,
-                        struct nameidata *nd)
+                        bool excl)
 {
         int ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/omfs/dir.c b/fs/omfs/dir.c
index 3d254872e641..fb5b3ff79dc6 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/dir.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int omfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 }
 
 static int omfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         return omfs_add_node(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index a1fdabe21dec..eab8c09d3801 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int ramfs_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
         return retval;
 }
 
-static int ramfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int ramfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         return ramfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 1d9cf248c471..3916be1a330b 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static int new_inode_init(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 }
 
 static int reiserfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                           struct nameidata *nd)
+                           bool excl)
 {
         int retval;
         struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index e6ad8d7dea64..d319963aeb11 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 static int xattr_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 {
         BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dir->i_mutex));
-        return dir->i_op->create(dir, dentry, mode, NULL);
+        return dir->i_op->create(dir, dentry, mode, true);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/fs/sysv/namei.c b/fs/sysv/namei.c
index a8c4359cd0e1..1c0d5f264767 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/namei.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/namei.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int sysv_mknod(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode,
         return err;
 }
 
-static int sysv_create(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int sysv_create(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         return sysv_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 845b2df08317..b1cca89aeb68 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int ubifs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                        struct nameidata *nd)
+                        bool excl)
 {
         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 929cc205985a..544b2799a911 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static int udf_delete_entry(struct inode *inode, struct fileIdentDesc *fi,
 }
 
 static int udf_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                      struct nameidata *nd)
+                      bool excl)
 {
         struct udf_fileident_bh fibh;
         struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index bc77fa170b9d..90d74b8f8eba 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static struct dentry *ufs_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsi
  * with d_instantiate(). 
  */
 static int ufs_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         struct inode *inode;
         int err;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index b41cfba14faf..9c4340f5c3e0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ xfs_vn_create(
         struct inode    *dir,
         struct dentry   *dentry,
         umode_t         mode,
-        struct nameidata *nd)
+        bool            flags)
 {
         return xfs_vn_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7a71709b7fa7..df869d248e7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
         int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
         void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 
-        int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,struct nameidata *);
+        int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
         int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
         int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
         int (*symlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 8ce57691e7b6..da2c188688b1 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static void mqueue_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 static int mqueue_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-                                umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+                                umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
         struct inode *inode;
         struct mq_attr *attr = dentry->d_fsdata;
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index bd106361be4b..c15b998e5a86 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ static int shmem_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 }
 
 static int shmem_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
-                struct nameidata *nd)
+                bool excl)
 {
         return shmem_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
 }