As near as I can tell, mode bit masking and setting S_IFREG is already done by do_nfsd_create() and vfs_create(). The NFSv4 path (do_open_lookup), for example, does not bother with this special processing. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c | 16 ++-------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c index 936eebd4c56d..981a2a71c5af 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c @@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ nfsd3_proc_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp) { struct nfsd3_createargs *argp = rqstp->rq_argp; struct nfsd3_diropres *resp = rqstp->rq_resp; - svc_fh *dirfhp, *newfhp = NULL; - struct iattr *attr; + svc_fh *dirfhp, *newfhp; dprintk("nfsd: CREATE(3) %s %.*s\n", SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh), @@ -239,20 +238,9 @@ nfsd3_proc_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp) dirfhp = fh_copy(&resp->dirfh, &argp->fh); newfhp = fh_init(&resp->fh, NFS3_FHSIZE); - attr = &argp->attrs; - - /* Unfudge the mode bits */ - attr->ia_mode &= ~S_IFMT; - if (!(attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)) { - attr->ia_valid |= ATTR_MODE; - attr->ia_mode = S_IFREG; - } else { - attr->ia_mode = (attr->ia_mode & ~S_IFMT) | S_IFREG; - } - /* Now create the file and set attributes */ resp->status = do_nfsd_create(rqstp, dirfhp, argp->name, argp->len, - attr, newfhp, argp->createmode, + &argp->attrs, newfhp, argp->createmode, (u32 *)argp->verf, NULL, NULL); return rpc_success; }