On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 02:36:48PM +1100, NeilBrown wrote: > @@ -1690,6 +1692,15 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl(const struct qstr *name, > dput(dentry); > dentry = old; > } > +found: ... and if ->lookup() returns an error, this will blow up (as bot has just reported). > + if (d_is_negative(dentry) && !(flags & LOOKUP_CREATE)) { > + dput(dentry); > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); > + } > + if (d_is_positive(dentry) && (flags & LOOKUP_EXCL)) { > + dput(dentry); > + return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST); > + } > @@ -4077,27 +4084,13 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name, > * '/', and a directory wasn't requested. > */ > if (last.name[last.len] && !want_dir) > - create_flags = 0; > + create_flags &= ~LOOKUP_CREATE; See the patch I've posted in earlier thread; the entire "strip LOOKUP_CREATE" thing is wrong.