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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
index c0bcc185fa48..87e2dec79fea 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
#define F_DUPFD_QUERY (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 3)
+/* Was the file just created? */
+#define F_CREATED_QUERY (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 4)
+
/*
* Cancel a blocking posix lock; internal use only until we expose an
* asynchronous lock api to userspace:
@@ -87,37 +90,70 @@
#define DN_ATTRIB 0x00000020 /* File changed attibutes */
#define DN_MULTISHOT 0x80000000 /* Don't remove notifier */
+#define AT_FDCWD -100 /* Special value for dirfd used to
+ indicate openat should use the
+ current working directory. */
+
+
+/* Generic flags for the *at(2) family of syscalls. */
+
+/* Reserved for per-syscall flags 0xff. */
+#define AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW 0x100 /* Do not follow symbolic
+ links. */
+/* Reserved for per-syscall flags 0x200 */
+#define AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW 0x400 /* Follow symbolic links. */
+#define AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT 0x800 /* Suppress terminal automount
+ traversal. */
+#define AT_EMPTY_PATH 0x1000 /* Allow empty relative
+ pathname to operate on dirfd
+ directly. */
+/*
+ * These flags are currently statx(2)-specific, but they could be made generic
+ * in the future and so they should not be used for other per-syscall flags.
+ */
+#define AT_STATX_SYNC_TYPE 0x6000 /* Type of synchronisation required from statx() */
+#define AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT 0x0000 /* - Do whatever stat() does */
+#define AT_STATX_FORCE_SYNC 0x2000 /* - Force the attributes to be sync'd with the server */
+#define AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC 0x4000 /* - Don't sync attributes with the server */
+
+#define AT_RECURSIVE 0x8000 /* Apply to the entire subtree */
+
/*
- * The constants AT_REMOVEDIR and AT_EACCESS have the same value. AT_EACCESS is
- * meaningful only to faccessat, while AT_REMOVEDIR is meaningful only to
- * unlinkat. The two functions do completely different things and therefore,
- * the flags can be allowed to overlap. For example, passing AT_REMOVEDIR to
- * faccessat would be undefined behavior and thus treating it equivalent to
- * AT_EACCESS is valid undefined behavior.
+ * Per-syscall flags for the *at(2) family of syscalls.
+ *
+ * These are flags that are so syscall-specific that a user passing these flags
+ * to the wrong syscall is so "clearly wrong" that we can safely call such
+ * usage "undefined behaviour".
+ *
+ * For example, the constants AT_REMOVEDIR and AT_EACCESS have the same value.
+ * AT_EACCESS is meaningful only to faccessat, while AT_REMOVEDIR is meaningful
+ * only to unlinkat. The two functions do completely different things and
+ * therefore, the flags can be allowed to overlap. For example, passing
+ * AT_REMOVEDIR to faccessat would be undefined behavior and thus treating it
+ * equivalent to AT_EACCESS is valid undefined behavior.
+ *
+ * Note for implementers: When picking a new per-syscall AT_* flag, try to
+ * reuse already existing flags first. This leaves us with as many unused bits
+ * as possible, so we can use them for generic bits in the future if necessary.
*/
-#define AT_FDCWD -100 /* Special value used to indicate
- openat should use the current
- working directory. */
-#define AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW 0x100 /* Do not follow symbolic links. */
+
+/* Flags for renameat2(2) (must match legacy RENAME_* flags). */
+#define AT_RENAME_NOREPLACE 0x0001
+#define AT_RENAME_EXCHANGE 0x0002
+#define AT_RENAME_WHITEOUT 0x0004
+
+/* Flag for faccessat(2). */
#define AT_EACCESS 0x200 /* Test access permitted for
effective IDs, not real IDs. */
+/* Flag for unlinkat(2). */
#define AT_REMOVEDIR 0x200 /* Remove directory instead of
unlinking file. */
-#define AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW 0x400 /* Follow symbolic links. */
-#define AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT 0x800 /* Suppress terminal automount traversal */
-#define AT_EMPTY_PATH 0x1000 /* Allow empty relative pathname */
-
-#define AT_STATX_SYNC_TYPE 0x6000 /* Type of synchronisation required from statx() */
-#define AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT 0x0000 /* - Do whatever stat() does */
-#define AT_STATX_FORCE_SYNC 0x2000 /* - Force the attributes to be sync'd with the server */
-#define AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC 0x4000 /* - Don't sync attributes with the server */
-
-#define AT_RECURSIVE 0x8000 /* Apply to the entire subtree */
+/* Flags for name_to_handle_at(2). */
+#define AT_HANDLE_FID 0x200 /* File handle is needed to compare
+ object identity and may not be
+ usable with open_by_handle_at(2). */
+#define AT_HANDLE_MNT_ID_UNIQUE 0x001 /* Return the u64 unique mount ID. */
-/* Flags for name_to_handle_at(2). We reuse AT_ flag space to save bits... */
-#define AT_HANDLE_FID AT_REMOVEDIR /* file handle is needed to
- compare object identity and may not
- be usable to open_by_handle_at(2) */
#if defined(__KERNEL__)
#define AT_GETATTR_NOSEC 0x80000000
#endif