BUG_ON(dentry->d_inode);
 
-       /* Don't create child dentry for a dead directory. */
-       if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(dir))) {
-               error = -ENOENT;
-               goto out;
-       }
-
        mode = op->mode;
        if ((open_flag & O_CREAT) && !IS_POSIXACL(dir))
                mode &= ~current_umask();
        int error;
        bool need_lookup = false;
 
+       if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(dir_inode)))
+               return -ENOENT;
+
        *opened &= ~FILE_CREATED;
        dentry = lookup_dcache(&nd->last, dir, nd->flags);
        if (IS_ERR(dentry))
                        goto out_dput;
                }
                *opened |= FILE_CREATED;
-               error = security_path_mknod(&nd->path, dentry, mode, 0);
+               audit_inode_child(dir_inode, dentry, AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_CREATE);
+               error = may_o_create(&nd->path, dentry, mode);
                if (error)
                        goto out_dput;
-               error = vfs_create(dir->d_inode, dentry, mode,
-                                  nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL);
+               if (!dir_inode->i_op->create) {
+                       error = -EACCES;
+                       goto out_dput;
+               }
+               error = dir_inode->i_op->create(dir_inode, dentry, mode,
+                                               op->open_flag & O_EXCL);
                if (error)
                        goto out_dput;
+               fsnotify_create(dir_inode, dentry);
        }
 out_no_open:
        path->dentry = dentry;