return err;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl - VFS mkdir hook to create a directory
+ * @dir:  inode that is being unlinked
+ * @dentry: dentry that is being unlinked
+ * @mode: mode for new directory
+ *
+ */
+
+static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+                                       int mode)
+{
+       int err;
+       struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+       struct p9_fid *fid = NULL, *dfid = NULL;
+       gid_t gid;
+       char *name;
+       struct inode *inode;
+       struct p9_qid qid;
+       struct dentry *dir_dentry;
+
+       P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", dentry->d_name.name);
+       err = 0;
+       v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+
+       mode |= S_IFDIR;
+       dir_dentry = v9fs_dentry_from_dir_inode(dir);
+       dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dir_dentry);
+       if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
+               err = PTR_ERR(dfid);
+               P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid lookup failed %d\n", err);
+               dfid = NULL;
+               goto error;
+       }
+
+       gid = v9fs_get_fsgid_for_create(dir);
+       if (gid < 0) {
+               P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "v9fs_get_fsgid_for_create failed\n");
+               goto error;
+       }
+
+       name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
+       err = p9_client_mkdir_dotl(dfid, name, mode, gid, &qid);
+       if (err < 0)
+               goto error;
+
+       /* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
+       if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+               fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
+               if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+                       err = PTR_ERR(fid);
+                       P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n",
+                               err);
+                       fid = NULL;
+                       goto error;
+               }
+
+               inode = v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+               if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+                       err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+                       P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n",
+                               err);
+                       goto error;
+               }
+               dentry->d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+               d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+               err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
+               if (err < 0)
+                       goto error;
+               fid = NULL;
+       }
+error:
+       if (fid)
+               p9_client_clunk(fid);
+       return err;
+}
+
 /**
  * v9fs_vfs_lookup - VFS lookup hook to "walk" to a new inode
  * @dir:  inode that is being walked from
        struct inode *inode;
        gid_t gid;
        struct p9_qid qid;
-       struct dentry *dir_entry;
+       struct dentry *dir_dentry;
 
        P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS,
                " %lu,%s mode: %x MAJOR: %u MINOR: %u\n", dir->i_ino,
 
        v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
        dir_dentry = v9fs_dentry_from_dir_inode(dir);
-       dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dir_entry);
+       dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dir_dentry);
        if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(dfid);
                P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid lookup failed %d\n", err);
        .link = v9fs_vfs_link_dotl,
        .symlink = v9fs_vfs_symlink_dotl,
        .unlink = v9fs_vfs_unlink,
-       .mkdir = v9fs_vfs_mkdir,
+       .mkdir = v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl,
        .rmdir = v9fs_vfs_rmdir,
        .mknod = v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl,
        .rename = v9fs_vfs_rename,
 
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_client_mknod_dotl);
+
+int p9_client_mkdir_dotl(struct p9_fid *fid, char *name, int mode,
+                               gid_t gid, struct p9_qid *qid)
+{
+       int err;
+       struct p9_client *clnt;
+       struct p9_req_t *req;
+
+       err = 0;
+       clnt = fid->clnt;
+       P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, ">>> TMKDIR fid %d name %s mode %d gid %d\n",
+                fid->fid, name, mode, gid);
+       req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TMKDIR, "dsdd", fid->fid, name, mode,
+               gid);
+       if (IS_ERR(req))
+               return PTR_ERR(req);
+
+       err = p9pdu_readf(req->rc, clnt->proto_version, "Q", qid);
+       if (err) {
+               p9pdu_dump(1, req->rc);
+               goto error;
+       }
+       P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RMKDIR qid %x.%llx.%x\n", qid->type,
+                               (unsigned long long)qid->path, qid->version);
+
+error:
+       p9_free_req(clnt, req);
+       return err;
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_client_mkdir_dotl);