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VFS: introduce start_dirop() and end_dirop()

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The fact that directory operations (create,remove,rename) are protected
by a lock on the parent is known widely throughout the kernel.
In order to change this - to instead lock the target dentry  - it is
best to centralise this knowledge so it can be changed in one place.

This patch introduces start_dirop() which is local to VFS code.
It performs the required locking for create and remove.  Rename
will be handled separately.

Various functions with names like start_creating() or start_removing_path(),
some of which already exist, will export this functionality beyond the VFS.

end_dirop() is the partner of start_dirop().  It drops the lock and
releases the reference on the dentry.
It *is* exported so that various end_creating etc functions can be inline.

As vfs_mkdir() drops the dentry on error we cannot use end_dirop() as
that won't unlock when the dentry IS_ERR().  For now we need an explicit
unlock when dentry IS_ERR().  I hope to change vfs_mkdir() to unlock
when it drops a dentry so that explicit unlock can go away.

end_dirop() can always be called on the result of start_dirop(), but not
after vfs_mkdir().  After a vfs_mkdir() we still may need the explicit
unlock as seen in end_creating_path().

As well as adding start_dirop() and end_dirop()
this patch uses them in:
 - simple_start_creating (which requires sharing lookup_noperm_common()
        with libfs.c)
 - start_removing_path / start_removing_user_path_at
 - filename_create / end_creating_path()
 - do_rmdir(), do_unlinkat()

Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-3-neilb@ownmail.net
Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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