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+dnl #
+dnl # 3.3 API change
+dnl # The VFS .create, .mkdir and .mknod callbacks were updated to take a
+dnl # umode_t type rather than an int. The expectation is that any backport
+dnl # would also change all three prototypes. However, if it turns out that
+dnl # some distribution doesn't backport the whole thing this could be
+dnl # broken apart in to three seperate checks.
+dnl #
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_MKDIR_UMODE_T], [
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether iops->create()/mkdir()/mknod() take umode_t])
+ ZFS_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
+ #include <linux/fs.h>
+
+ int mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry,
+ umode_t umode) { return 0; }
+
+ static const struct inode_operations
+ iops __attribute__ ((unused)) = {
+ .mkdir = mkdir,
+ };
+ ],[
+ ],[
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_MKDIR_UMODE_T, 1,
+ [iops->create()/mkdir()/mknod() take umode_t])
+ ],[
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+ ])
+])