VFS: add common error checks to lookup_one_qstr_excl()
Callers of lookup_one_qstr_excl() often check if the result is negative or positive. These changes can easily be moved into lookup_one_qstr_excl() by checking the lookup flags: LOOKUP_CREATE means it is NOT an error if the name doesn't exist. LOOKUP_EXCL means it IS an error if the name DOES exist. This patch adds these checks, then removes error checks from callers, and ensures that appropriate flags are passed. This subtly changes the meaning of LOOKUP_EXCL. Previously it could only accompany LOOKUP_CREATE. Now it can accompany LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET as well. A couple of small changes are needed to accommodate this. The NFS change is functionally a no-op but ensures nfs_is_exclusive_create() does exactly what the name says. Signed-off-by:NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250217003020.3170652-3-neilb@suse.de Reviewed-by:
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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