vfs: uapi: retire octal and hex numbers in favor of (1 << n) for O_ flags

A recent build failure[1] exposed the diffculty of working with the
current octal and hex definitions of O_ flags when trying to find a gap
for a new flag. This difficulty is compounded by the fact that O_ flags
may have architectural specific values.

Replace the hex/octal #defines, which are hard to parse when looking for
free bits, with explicit bit shifts like (1 << 11). Also, add comments
that identify which architectures redefine some of the seemingly free
("cursed") bits in uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h. These should not be used to
define new O_ flags (for now, at least).

The translastion was done with Claude Opus 4.8, and verified with a
(non-AI) gawk script. The accounting of which architectures claim
which bit-gaps in uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h is also done by hand.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/agruPPybCx8q2XcJ@sirena.org.uk/

Assisted-by: Claude:Opus 4.8
Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604222405.5382-1-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Jori Koolstra
2026-06-05 00:24:05 +02:00
committed by Christian Brauner
parent 9af8c8a54f
commit 0da79c259a
9 changed files with 103 additions and 95 deletions

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@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
#ifndef _ALPHA_FCNTL_H
#define _ALPHA_FCNTL_H
#define O_CREAT 01000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC 02000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL 04000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_NOCTTY 010000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_CREAT (1 << 9) /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC (1 << 10) /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL (1 << 11) /* not fcntl */
#define O_NOCTTY (1 << 12) /* not fcntl */
#define O_NONBLOCK 00004
#define O_APPEND 00010
#define O_DSYNC 040000 /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_DIRECTORY 0100000 /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW 0200000 /* don't follow links */
#define O_LARGEFILE 0400000 /* will be set by the kernel on every open */
#define O_DIRECT 02000000 /* direct disk access - should check with OSF/1 */
#define O_NOATIME 04000000
#define O_CLOEXEC 010000000 /* set close_on_exec */
#define O_NONBLOCK (1 << 2)
#define O_APPEND (1 << 3)
#define O_DSYNC (1 << 14) /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_DIRECTORY (1 << 15) /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW (1 << 16) /* don't follow links */
#define O_LARGEFILE (1 << 17) /* will be set by the kernel on every open */
#define O_DIRECT (1 << 19) /* direct disk access - should check with OSF/1 */
#define O_NOATIME (1 << 20)
#define O_CLOEXEC (1 << 21) /* set close_on_exec */
/*
* Before Linux 2.6.33 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
* the O_SYNC flag. We continue to use the existing numerical value
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
*
* Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
*/
#define __O_SYNC 020000000
#define __O_SYNC (1 << 22)
#define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
#define O_PATH 040000000
#define __O_TMPFILE 0100000000
#define O_PATH (1 << 23)
#define __O_TMPFILE (1 << 24)
#define F_GETLK 7
#define F_SETLK 8

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@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
#ifndef _ARM_FCNTL_H
#define _ARM_FCNTL_H
#define O_DIRECTORY 040000 /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW 0100000 /* don't follow links */
#define O_DIRECT 0200000 /* direct disk access hint - currently ignored */
#define O_LARGEFILE 0400000
#define O_DIRECTORY (1 << 14) /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW (1 << 15) /* don't follow links */
#define O_DIRECT (1 << 16) /* direct disk access hint - currently ignored */
#define O_LARGEFILE (1 << 17)
#include <asm-generic/fcntl.h>

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@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
/*
* Using our own definitions for AArch32 (compat) support.
*/
#define O_DIRECTORY 040000 /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW 0100000 /* don't follow links */
#define O_DIRECT 0200000 /* direct disk access hint - currently ignored */
#define O_LARGEFILE 0400000
#define O_DIRECTORY (1 << 14) /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW (1 << 15) /* don't follow links */
#define O_DIRECT (1 << 16) /* direct disk access hint - currently ignored */
#define O_LARGEFILE (1 << 17)
#include <asm-generic/fcntl.h>

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@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
#ifndef _M68K_FCNTL_H
#define _M68K_FCNTL_H
#define O_DIRECTORY 040000 /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW 0100000 /* don't follow links */
#define O_DIRECT 0200000 /* direct disk access hint - currently ignored */
#define O_LARGEFILE 0400000
#define O_DIRECTORY (1 << 14) /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW (1 << 15) /* don't follow links */
#define O_DIRECT (1 << 16) /* direct disk access hint - currently ignored */
#define O_LARGEFILE (1 << 17)
#include <asm-generic/fcntl.h>

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@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
#include <asm/sgidefs.h>
#define O_APPEND 0x0008
#define O_DSYNC 0x0010 /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_NONBLOCK 0x0080
#define O_CREAT 0x0100 /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC 0x0200 /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL 0x0400 /* not fcntl */
#define O_NOCTTY 0x0800 /* not fcntl */
#define FASYNC 0x1000 /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
#define O_LARGEFILE 0x2000 /* allow large file opens */
#define O_APPEND (1 << 3)
#define O_DSYNC (1 << 4) /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_NONBLOCK (1 << 7)
#define O_CREAT (1 << 8) /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC (1 << 9) /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL (1 << 10) /* not fcntl */
#define O_NOCTTY (1 << 11) /* not fcntl */
#define FASYNC (1 << 12) /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
#define O_LARGEFILE (1 << 13) /* allow large file opens */
/*
* Before Linux 2.6.33 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
* the O_SYNC flag. We continue to use the existing numerical value
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
*
* Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
*/
#define __O_SYNC 0x4000
#define __O_SYNC (1 << 14)
#define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
#define O_DIRECT 0x8000 /* direct disk access hint */
#define O_DIRECT (1 << 15) /* direct disk access hint */
#define F_GETLK 14
#define F_SETLK 6

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@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
#ifndef _PARISC_FCNTL_H
#define _PARISC_FCNTL_H
#define O_APPEND 000000010
#define O_CREAT 000000400 /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL 000002000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_LARGEFILE 000004000
#define __O_SYNC 000100000
#define O_APPEND (1 << 3)
#define O_CREAT (1 << 8) /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL (1 << 10) /* not fcntl */
#define O_LARGEFILE (1 << 11)
#define __O_SYNC (1 << 15)
#define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
#define O_NONBLOCK 000200000
#define O_NOCTTY 000400000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_DSYNC 001000000
#define O_NOATIME 004000000
#define O_CLOEXEC 010000000 /* set close_on_exec */
#define O_NONBLOCK (1 << 16)
#define O_NOCTTY (1 << 17) /* not fcntl */
#define O_DSYNC (1 << 18)
#define O_NOATIME (1 << 20)
#define O_CLOEXEC (1 << 21) /* set close_on_exec */
#define O_DIRECTORY 000010000 /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW 000000200 /* don't follow links */
#define O_DIRECTORY (1 << 12) /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW (1 << 7) /* don't follow links */
#define O_PATH 020000000
#define __O_TMPFILE 040000000
#define O_PATH (1 << 22)
#define __O_TMPFILE (1 << 23)
#define F_GETLK64 8
#define F_SETLK64 9

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@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
#ifndef _ASM_FCNTL_H
#define _ASM_FCNTL_H
#define O_DIRECTORY 040000 /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW 0100000 /* don't follow links */
#define O_LARGEFILE 0200000
#define O_DIRECT 0400000 /* direct disk access hint */
#define O_DIRECTORY (1 << 14) /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW (1 << 15) /* don't follow links */
#define O_LARGEFILE (1 << 16)
#define O_DIRECT (1 << 17) /* direct disk access hint */
#include <asm-generic/fcntl.h>

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@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
#ifndef _SPARC_FCNTL_H
#define _SPARC_FCNTL_H
#define O_APPEND 0x0008
#define FASYNC 0x0040 /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
#define O_CREAT 0x0200 /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC 0x0400 /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL 0x0800 /* not fcntl */
#define O_DSYNC 0x2000 /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_NONBLOCK 0x4000
#define O_APPEND (1 << 3)
#define FASYNC (1 << 6) /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
#define O_CREAT (1 << 9) /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC (1 << 10) /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL (1 << 11) /* not fcntl */
#define O_DSYNC (1 << 13) /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_NONBLOCK (1 << 14)
#if defined(__sparc__) && defined(__arch64__)
#define O_NDELAY 0x0004
#define O_NDELAY (1 << 2)
#else
#define O_NDELAY (0x0004 | O_NONBLOCK)
#define O_NDELAY ((1 << 2) | O_NONBLOCK)
#endif
#define O_NOCTTY 0x8000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_LARGEFILE 0x40000
#define O_DIRECT 0x100000 /* direct disk access hint */
#define O_NOATIME 0x200000
#define O_CLOEXEC 0x400000
#define O_NOCTTY (1 << 15) /* not fcntl */
#define O_LARGEFILE (1 << 18)
#define O_DIRECT (1 << 20) /* direct disk access hint */
#define O_NOATIME (1 << 21)
#define O_CLOEXEC (1 << 22)
/*
* Before Linux 2.6.33 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
* the O_SYNC flag. We continue to use the existing numerical value
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
*
* Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
*/
#define __O_SYNC 0x800000
#define __O_SYNC (1 << 23)
#define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
#define O_PATH 0x1000000
#define __O_TMPFILE 0x2000000
#define O_PATH (1 << 24)
#define __O_TMPFILE (1 << 25)
#define F_GETOWN 5 /* for sockets. */
#define F_SETOWN 6 /* for sockets. */

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@@ -15,51 +15,55 @@
* When introducing new O_* bits, please check its uniqueness in fcntl_init().
*/
#define O_ACCMODE 00000003
#define O_RDONLY 00000000
#define O_WRONLY 00000001
#define O_RDWR 00000002
#define O_ACCMODE 3
#define O_RDONLY 0
#define O_WRONLY (1 << 0)
#define O_RDWR (1 << 1)
/* (1 << 2) must not be used -- it collides with flags on alpha, sparc */
/* (1 << 3) must not be used -- it collides with flags on alpha, mips, parisc, sparc */
/* (1 << 4) must not be used -- it collides with flags on mips */
/* (1 << 5) is free */
#ifndef O_CREAT
#define O_CREAT 00000100 /* not fcntl */
#define O_CREAT (1 << 6) /* not fcntl */
#endif
#ifndef O_EXCL
#define O_EXCL 00000200 /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL (1 << 7) /* not fcntl */
#endif
#ifndef O_NOCTTY
#define O_NOCTTY 00000400 /* not fcntl */
#define O_NOCTTY (1 << 8) /* not fcntl */
#endif
#ifndef O_TRUNC
#define O_TRUNC 00001000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC (1 << 9) /* not fcntl */
#endif
#ifndef O_APPEND
#define O_APPEND 00002000
#define O_APPEND (1 << 10)
#endif
#ifndef O_NONBLOCK
#define O_NONBLOCK 00004000
#define O_NONBLOCK (1 << 11)
#endif
#ifndef O_DSYNC
#define O_DSYNC 00010000 /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_DSYNC (1 << 12) /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#endif
#ifndef FASYNC
#define FASYNC 00020000 /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
#define FASYNC (1 << 13) /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
#endif
#ifndef O_DIRECT
#define O_DIRECT 00040000 /* direct disk access hint */
#define O_DIRECT (1 << 14) /* direct disk access hint */
#endif
#ifndef O_LARGEFILE
#define O_LARGEFILE 00100000
#define O_LARGEFILE (1 << 15)
#endif
#ifndef O_DIRECTORY
#define O_DIRECTORY 00200000 /* must be a directory */
#define O_DIRECTORY (1 << 16) /* must be a directory */
#endif
#ifndef O_NOFOLLOW
#define O_NOFOLLOW 00400000 /* don't follow links */
#define O_NOFOLLOW (1 << 17) /* don't follow links */
#endif
#ifndef O_NOATIME
#define O_NOATIME 01000000
#define O_NOATIME (1 << 18)
#endif
#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
#define O_CLOEXEC 02000000 /* set close_on_exec */
#define O_CLOEXEC (1 << 19) /* set close_on_exec */
#endif
/*
@@ -76,16 +80,16 @@
* Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
*/
#ifndef O_SYNC
#define __O_SYNC 04000000
#define __O_SYNC (1 << 20)
#define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
#endif
#ifndef O_PATH
#define O_PATH 010000000
#define O_PATH (1 << 21)
#endif
#ifndef __O_TMPFILE
#define __O_TMPFILE 020000000
#define __O_TMPFILE (1 << 22)
#endif
/* a horrid kludge trying to make sure that this will fail on old kernels */
@@ -95,6 +99,10 @@
#define O_NDELAY O_NONBLOCK
#endif
/* (1 << 23) must not be used -- it collides with flags on alpha, parisc, sparc */
/* (1 << 24) must not be used -- it collides with flags on alpha, sparc */
/* (1 << 25) must not be used -- it collides with flags on sparc */
#define F_DUPFD 0 /* dup */
#define F_GETFD 1 /* get close_on_exec */
#define F_SETFD 2 /* set/clear close_on_exec */