int cifs_posix_open(char *full_path, struct inode **pinode,
			struct super_block *sb, int mode, unsigned int f_flags,
			__u32 *poplock, __u16 *pnetfid, unsigned int xid)
{
	int rc;
	FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO *presp_data;
	__u32 posix_flags = 0;
	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
	struct cifs_fattr fattr;
	struct tcon_link *tlink;
	struct cifs_tcon *tcon;

	cifs_dbg(FYI, "posix open %s\n", full_path);

	presp_data = kzalloc(sizeof(FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO), GFP_KERNEL);
	if (presp_data == NULL)
		return -ENOMEM;

	tlink = cifs_sb_tlink(cifs_sb);
	if (IS_ERR(tlink)) {
		rc = PTR_ERR(tlink);
		goto posix_open_ret;
	}

	tcon = tlink_tcon(tlink);
	mode &= ~current_umask();

	posix_flags = cifs_posix_convert_flags(f_flags);
	rc = CIFSPOSIXCreate(xid, tcon, posix_flags, mode, pnetfid, presp_data,
			     poplock, full_path, cifs_sb->local_nls,
			     cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
					CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
	cifs_put_tlink(tlink);

	if (rc)
		goto posix_open_ret;

	if (presp_data->Type == cpu_to_le32(-1))
		goto posix_open_ret; /* open ok, caller does qpathinfo */

	if (!pinode)
		goto posix_open_ret; /* caller does not need info */

	cifs_unix_basic_to_fattr(&fattr, presp_data, cifs_sb);

	/* get new inode and set it up */
	if (*pinode == NULL) {
		cifs_fill_uniqueid(sb, &fattr);
		*pinode = cifs_iget(sb, &fattr);
		if (!*pinode) {
			rc = -ENOMEM;
			goto posix_open_ret;
		}
	} else {
		cifs_fattr_to_inode(*pinode, &fattr);
	}

posix_open_ret:
	kfree(presp_data);
	return rc;
}

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