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@@ -602,3 +602,11 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
dentry separately, and it now has request_mask and query_flags arguments
to specify the fields and sync type requested by statx. Filesystems not
supporting any statx-specific features may ignore the new arguments.
+--
+[mandatory]
+ ->atomic_open() calling conventions have changed. Gone is int *opened,
+ along with FILE_OPENED/FILE_CREATED. In place of those we have
+ FMODE_OPENED/FMODE_CREATED, set in file->f_mode. Additionally, return
+ value for 'called finish_no_open(), open it yourself' case has become
+ 0, not 1. Since finish_no_open() itself is returning 0 now, that part
+ does not need any changes in ->atomic_open() instances.