diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 6c7676d..38d00c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 --------------------------- inode_operations --------------------------- 
 prototypes:
-	int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int, struct nameidata *);
+	int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t, struct nameidata *);
 	struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameid
 ata *);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 0c147c7..e7b900b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
 filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined:
 
 struct inode_operations {
-	int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int, struct nameidata *);
+	int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t, struct nameidata *);
 	struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c
index d3ad4dd..c33e959 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@
 /*
  * VFS create and mkdir callbacks.
  */
-static int pohmelfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int pohmelfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return pohmelfs_create_entry(dir, dentry, 0, mode);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 3e54900..15cd5ce 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@
  */
 
 static int
-v9fs_vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+v9fs_vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 87e46b1..c473138 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
  */
 
 static int
-v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int omode,
+v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int err = 0;
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 
 	name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "v9fs_vfs_create_dotl: name:%s flags:0x%x "
-			"mode:0x%x\n", name, flags, omode);
+			"mode:0x%hx\n", name, flags, omode);
 
 	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
 	if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index 8abcad7..9cad9b4 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 extern int	affs_hash_name(struct super_block *sb, const u8 *name, unsigned int len);
 extern struct dentry *affs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *);
 extern int	affs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
-extern int	affs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, struct nameidata *);
+extern int	affs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *);
 extern int	affs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 extern int	affs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 extern int	affs_link(struct dentry *olddentry, struct inode *dir,
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index 7bb7660..4780694 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -255,13 +255,13 @@
 }
 
 int
-affs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+affs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct inode	*inode;
 	int		 error;
 
-	pr_debug("AFFS: create(%lu,\"%.*s\",0%o)\n",dir->i_ino,(int)dentry->d_name.len,
+	pr_debug("AFFS: create(%lu,\"%.*s\",0%ho)\n",dir->i_ino,(int)dentry->d_name.len,
 		 dentry->d_name.name,mode);
 
 	inode = affs_new_inode(dir);
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index e6ea58a..e22dc4b 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 static void afs_d_release(struct dentry *dentry);
 static int afs_lookup_filldir(void *_cookie, const char *name, int nlen,
 				  loff_t fpos, u64 ino, unsigned dtype);
-static int afs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int afs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		      struct nameidata *nd);
 static int afs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 static int afs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@
 /*
  * create a regular file on an AFS filesystem
  */
-static int afs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int afs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		      struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct afs_file_status status;
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@
 
 	dvnode = AFS_FS_I(dir);
 
-	_enter("{%x:%u},{%s},%o,",
+	_enter("{%x:%u},{%s},%ho,",
 	       dvnode->fid.vid, dvnode->fid.vnode, dentry->d_name.name, mode);
 
 	ret = -ENAMETOOLONG;
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index 5a2738c..8087fbc 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 };
 
 static int bad_inode_create (struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-		int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+		umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index 9cc07401..d12c796 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 extern void dump_imap(const char *, struct super_block *);
 
-static int bfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int bfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 						struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index e30de56..19630aa 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4665,7 +4665,7 @@
 }
 
 static int btrfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-			int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+			umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dir)->root;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 96141ae..9848d68 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ceph_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int ceph_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		       struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	dout("create in dir %p dentry %p name '%.*s'\n",
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index add6445..358724d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 /* Functions related to inodes */
 extern const struct inode_operations cifs_dir_inode_ops;
 extern struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *);
-extern int cifs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int,
+extern int cifs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t,
 		       struct nameidata *);
 extern struct dentry *cifs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 				  struct nameidata *);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index d7eeb9d..2dc8be8 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 /* Inode operations in similar order to how they appear in Linux file fs.h */
 
 int
-cifs_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, int mode,
+cifs_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int rc = -ENOENT;
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index a74ae6f..83d2fd8 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "coda_int.h"
 
 /* dir inode-ops */
-static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new, int mode, struct nameidata *nd);
+static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd);
 static struct dentry *coda_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *target, struct nameidata *nd);
 static int coda_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir_inode, 
 		     struct dentry *entry);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 }
 
 /* creation routines: create, mknod, mkdir, link, symlink */
-static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int coda_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int error;
 	const char *name=de->d_name.name;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index ebf8726..81e6542 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
  */
 static int
 ecryptfs_create(struct inode *directory_inode, struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
-		int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+		umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *ecryptfs_inode;
 	int rc;
diff --git a/fs/exofs/namei.c b/fs/exofs/namei.c
index ff1c8286..5864454 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/namei.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
-static int exofs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int exofs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 			 struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = exofs_new_inode(dir, mode);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index e3f3672..cb759e6 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate(). 
  */
-static int ext2_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int ext2_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 08ecb53..6047d12 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate().
  */
-static int ext3_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, int mode,
+static int ext3_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index e506746..77306f3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate().
  */
-static int ext4_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int ext4_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		       struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index d1f53ca..c5938c9 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 }
 
 /***** Create a file */
-static int msdos_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int msdos_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 			struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index fde2eda..3a444b4 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static int vfat_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int vfat_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		       struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 4848a1a..603bb8a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
 	return create_new_entry(fc, req, dir, entry, mode);
 }
 
-static int fuse_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry, int mode,
+static int fuse_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry, umode_t mode,
 		       struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	if (nd) {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index eecfc39c0..aadf792 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
  */
 
 static int gfs2_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-		       int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+		       umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int excl = 0;
 	if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL))
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index 06dc161..62fc14e 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
  * a directory and return a corresponding inode, given the inode for
  * the directory and the name (and its length) of the new file.
  */
-static int hfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int hfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		      struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index ed321f0..ef6547c 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int hfsplus_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int hfsplus_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 			  struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return hfsplus_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index d35240f..3a3a530 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int hostfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+int hostfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		  struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index a2f89f2..769f76c 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int hpfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int hpfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	const unsigned char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
 	unsigned len = dentry->d_name.len;
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index ba26970..57996c3 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static int hugetlbfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int hugetlbfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return hugetlbfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 5dc458f..16a75e9 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 static int jffs2_readdir (struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 
-static int jffs2_create (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int,
+static int jffs2_create (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,
 			 struct nameidata *);
 static struct dentry *jffs2_lookup (struct inode *,struct dentry *,
 				    struct nameidata *);
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@
 /***********************************************************************/
 
 
-static int jffs2_create(struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-			struct nameidata *nd)
+static int jffs2_create(struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *dentry,
+			umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct jffs2_raw_inode *ri;
 	struct jffs2_inode_info *f, *dir_f;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 17ea858..6c0b1ab 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
  * RETURN:	Errors from subroutines
  *
  */
-static int jfs_create(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int jfs_create(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
diff --git a/fs/logfs/dir.c b/fs/logfs/dir.c
index 25c5cbf..a74aa46 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dir.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
 	return __logfs_create(dir, dentry, inode, NULL, 0);
 }
 
-static int logfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int logfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 0e7a1a2..c652650 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int minix_create(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int minix_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return minix_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 443c703..05d1c2c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-int vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+int vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int error = may_create(dir, dentry);
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index dfb51f0..98d1b8c 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 static int ncp_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 
-static int ncp_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int, struct nameidata *);
+static int ncp_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t, struct nameidata *);
 static struct dentry *ncp_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 static int ncp_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 static int ncp_mkdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int ncp_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int ncp_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return ncp_create_new(dir, dentry, mode, 0, 0);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 5d67d92..7cdee1d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 static int nfs_closedir(struct inode *, struct file *);
 static int nfs_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 static struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-static int nfs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int, struct nameidata *);
+static int nfs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t, struct nameidata *);
 static int nfs_mkdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
 static int nfs_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 static int nfs_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
 
 static struct dentry *nfs_atomic_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-static int nfs_open_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, struct nameidata *nd);
+static int nfs_open_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd);
 const struct inode_operations nfs4_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= nfs_open_create,
 	.lookup		= nfs_atomic_lookup,
@@ -1573,8 +1573,8 @@
 	return nfs_lookup_revalidate(dentry, nd);
 }
 
-static int nfs_open_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-		struct nameidata *nd)
+static int nfs_open_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+		umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = NULL;
 	struct iattr attr;
@@ -1664,8 +1664,8 @@
  * that the operation succeeded on the server, but an error in the
  * reply path made it appear to have failed.
  */
-static int nfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-		struct nameidata *nd)
+static int nfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+		umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct iattr attr;
 	int error;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index e5e7311..fcd86c3 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate().
  */
-static int nilfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int nilfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 			struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index 77c8d80..ccb3328 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
 
 static int dlmfs_create(struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry,
-			int mode,
+			umode_t mode,
 			struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int status = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index c779f8b..46f46ff 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
 
 static int ocfs2_create(struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry,
-			int mode,
+			umode_t mode,
 			struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/fs/omfs/dir.c b/fs/omfs/dir.c
index 667dc7f..d82599f 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/dir.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 	return omfs_add_node(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR);
 }
 
-static int omfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int omfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return omfs_add_node(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG);
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index 61972be..c2ed2a3 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static int ramfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int ramfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return ramfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 763239a..46db3b9 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int reiserfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int reiserfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 			   struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int retval;
diff --git a/fs/sysv/namei.c b/fs/sysv/namei.c
index 3368425..d306eeb 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/namei.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/namei.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int sysv_create(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int sysv_create(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return sysv_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index f5102f3..f332878 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static int ubifs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int ubifs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 			struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 	 * parent directory inode.
 	 */
 
-	dbg_gen("dent '%.*s', mode %#x in dir ino %lu",
+	dbg_gen("dent '%.*s', mode %#hx in dir ino %lu",
 		dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, mode, dir->i_ino);
 
 	err = ubifs_budget_space(c, &req);
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index 7f8ee32..135a4ca 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
 	return udf_write_fi(inode, cfi, fi, fibh, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
-static int udf_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int udf_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		      struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct udf_fileident_bh fibh;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index fa743aa..ba2a9d6 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate(). 
  */
-static int ufs_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, int mode,
+static int ufs_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index 99b324d..0efa4e5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 xfs_vn_create(
 	struct inode	*dir,
 	struct dentry	*dentry,
-	int		mode,
+	umode_t		mode,
 	struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return xfs_vn_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3f7bd8b..e40321a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@
 /*
  * VFS helper functions..
  */
-extern int vfs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int, struct nameidata *);
+extern int vfs_create(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t, struct nameidata *);
 extern int vfs_mkdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
 extern int vfs_mknod(struct inode *, struct dentry *, int, dev_t);
 extern int vfs_symlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *, const char *);
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@
 	int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
 	void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 
-	int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int, struct nameidata *);
+	int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,struct nameidata *);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*symlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 16cbc58..8fc2237 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@
 				    const struct qstr *qstr, char **name,
 				    void **value, size_t *len);
 	int (*inode_create) (struct inode *dir,
-			     struct dentry *dentry, int mode);
+			     struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 	int (*inode_link) (struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			   struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_dentry);
 	int (*inode_unlink) (struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@
 int security_old_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
 				     const struct qstr *qstr, char **name,
 				     void **value, size_t *len);
-int security_inode_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode);
+int security_inode_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 int security_inode_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *new_dentry);
 int security_inode_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@
 
 static inline int security_inode_create(struct inode *dir,
 					 struct dentry *dentry,
-					 int mode)
+					 umode_t mode)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 4e0be36..57ed704 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 }
 
 static int mqueue_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-				int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+				umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct mq_attr *attr = dentry->d_fsdata;
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
  * Invoked when creating a new queue via sys_mq_open
  */
 static struct file *do_create(struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns, struct dentry *dir,
-			struct dentry *dentry, int oflag, mode_t mode,
+			struct dentry *dentry, int oflag, umode_t mode,
 			struct mq_attr *attr)
 {
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b8a8ddf..542aad2 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int shmem_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int shmem_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return shmem_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
diff --git a/security/capability.c b/security/capability.c
index ddd1789..ff18d0c 100644
--- a/security/capability.c
+++ b/security/capability.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 }
 
 static int cap_inode_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry,
-			    int mask)
+			    umode_t mask)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index be49eb5..2420eed 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-int security_inode_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
+int security_inode_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(dir)))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index ad74ad2..a1eba2b 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mask)
+static int selinux_inode_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return may_create(dir, dentry, SECCLASS_FILE);
 }