diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index 856b9cc88c76..864768700eda 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ inode_operations
 
 prototypes::
 
-	int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t);
+	int (*create) (const struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t);
 	struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
index 5a9203e98bb6..2ad273cfe547 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined:
 .. code-block:: c
 
 	struct inode_operations {
-		int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t);
+		int (*create) (const struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t);
 		struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 		int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 		int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index cc52c244bb95..f2d0eef68acf 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
  */
 
 static int
-v9fs_vfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+v9fs_vfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index ec58718eec4a..c7176719a4f9 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ int v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(int flags)
  *
  */
 static int
-v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		     struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode)
 {
 	return v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(idmap, dir, dentry, omode, 0);
diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index b1047766a829..8d4ca16c7891 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ extern const struct export_operations affs_export_ops;
 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, unsigned int);
 extern int	affs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
-extern int	affs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+extern int	affs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 extern struct dentry *affs_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index 1d609355fc3f..2e32899a32d5 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ affs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 
 int
-affs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+affs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	    struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 603dd9323ed2..63d4f15ae168 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static bool afs_lookup_one_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, in
 static bool afs_lookup_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int nlen,
 			       u64 ino, u32 uniquifier);
 #define AFS_LOOKUP ((filldir_t)0x137UL)
-static int afs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int afs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
 static struct dentry *afs_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 				struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ static const struct afs_operation_ops afs_create_operation = {
 /*
  * create a regular file on an AFS filesystem
  */
-static int afs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int afs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct afs_operation *op;
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index 096e6afb5e07..8c7578ea4bd7 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static const struct file_operations bad_file_ops =
 	.open		= bad_file_open,
 };
 
-static int bad_inode_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+static int bad_inode_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			    struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			    umode_t mode)
 {
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index 80534d04db9d..b944bd62f5d0 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
-static int bfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int bfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 9b5e3a67122d..61cfa03b6152 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7018,7 +7018,7 @@ static int btrfs_mknod(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	return btrfs_create_common(dir, dentry, inode);
 }
 
-static int btrfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int btrfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 5417a9948e98..d9615d67bf1c 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ static int ceph_mknod(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ceph_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int ceph_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return ceph_mknod(idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 02b8259b6a0e..a85be5962e62 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static inline void coda_dir_drop_nlink(struct inode *dir)
 }
 
 /* creation routines: create, mknod, mkdir, link, symlink */
-static int coda_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int coda_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *de, umode_t mode)
 {
 	int error;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index f9a3c88c4fbd..432f82bc5b0c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int ecryptfs_initialize_file(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
  * Returns zero on success; non-zero on error condition
  */
 static int
-ecryptfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+ecryptfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		struct inode *directory_inode, struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
 		umode_t mode)
 {
diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
index f7dcd72e4a07..d87091b92776 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static bool efivarfs_valid_name(const char *str, int len)
 	return uuid_is_valid(s);
 }
 
-static int efivarfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int efivarfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			   struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/exfat/namei.c b/fs/exfat/namei.c
index 4accf96ea7f9..5e7836af63b8 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/namei.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static int exfat_add_entry(struct inode *inode, const char *path,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int exfat_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int exfat_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 7da42f071eab..bfb6a463a95e 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct dentry *ext2_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate(). 
  */
-static int ext2_create (struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
+static int ext2_create (const struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
 			struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
 			umode_t mode)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 6e493b4d205f..6e0630a49e48 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2812,7 +2812,7 @@ static int ext4_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate().
  */
-static int ext4_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int ext4_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index b2e99822d8b4..9934777eb2a9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static struct inode *f2fs_new_inode(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static int f2fs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int f2fs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(dir);
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index 9ee899391f4f..dde4215616f9 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static int msdos_add_entry(struct inode *dir, const unsigned char *name,
 }
 
 /***** Create a file */
-static int msdos_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int msdos_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index a3f3320fe630..3dc063ba0a73 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static struct dentry *vfat_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static int vfat_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int vfat_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 3d8246ff061e..ff941e78918f 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static int fuse_mknod(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	return create_new_nondir(idmap, fm, &args, dir, entry, mode);
 }
 
-static int fuse_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int fuse_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *entry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return fuse_mknod(idmap, dir, entry, mode, 0);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index c8f2b01e8cf5..e207ab1f5c23 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-static int gfs2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int gfs2_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return gfs2_create_inode(dir, dentry, NULL, S_IFREG | mode, 0, NULL, 0, 1);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index d60399c62e99..f6b97da19788 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int hfs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
  * 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 mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int hfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 1b59ddb6d1e1..b3a1193a491f 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ static int hfsplus_mknod(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int hfsplus_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int hfsplus_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			  struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return hfsplus_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index ef03763aa074..c8ad58be047e 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ static struct inode *hostfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, char *name)
 	return inode;
 }
 
-static int hostfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int hostfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index 44a7fb797633..ac9b5e3e83fa 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static struct dentry *hpfs_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *di
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static int hpfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int hpfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	const unsigned char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 9e937602b2ec..0b95be14d3ee 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static struct dentry *hugetlbfs_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inod
 	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 }
 
-static int hugetlbfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+static int hugetlbfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			    struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			    umode_t mode)
 {
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 7d23be0bab72..23813f191281 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 static int jffs2_readdir (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
-static int jffs2_create (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,
+static int jffs2_create (const struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,
 		         struct dentry *, umode_t);
 static struct dentry *jffs2_lookup (struct inode *,struct dentry *,
 				    unsigned int);
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int jffs2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 /***********************************************************************/
 
 
-static int jffs2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir_i,
+static int jffs2_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir_i,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct jffs2_raw_inode *ri;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 6009d65ab53f..8ab2e952ce16 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static inline void free_ea_wmap(struct inode *inode)
  * RETURN:	Errors from subroutines
  *
  */
-static int jfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dip,
+static int jfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dip,
 		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 11b66a25e92b..f450b11b9860 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int minix_tmpfile(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	return finish_open_simple(file, 0);
 }
 
-static int minix_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int minix_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return minix_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index a917c008a05a..354f986e60c4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ static int nfs_do_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return error;
 }
 
-int nfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+int nfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return nfs_do_create(dir, dentry, mode, O_EXCL);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 4c966dac7f7d..cbb323c6530d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ extern unsigned long nfs_access_cache_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
 					   struct shrink_control *sc);
 struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 void nfs_d_prune_case_insensitive_aliases(struct inode *inode);
-int nfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
+int nfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 	       umode_t);
 struct dentry *nfs_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 			 umode_t);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 8762fdc16c05..d0ae24f37854 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ nilfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate().
  */
-static int nilfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int nilfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
index 637bc3690844..5d222edadf0c 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static struct ntfs_inode *__ntfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct in
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static int ntfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int ntfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct ntfs_volume *vol = NTFS_SB(dir->i_sb);
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
index 289796da6ba5..ae88cb66fb7e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 /*
  * ntfs_create - inode_operations::create
  */
-static int ntfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int ntfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return ntfs_create_inode(idmap, dir, dentry, NULL, S_IFREG | mode, 0,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index 5e544d8ded42..fef79b21a4a5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static struct dentry *dlmfs_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
 	return ERR_PTR(status);
 }
 
-static int dlmfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+static int dlmfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry,
 			umode_t mode)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index dfa2cb2bcb12..4873525be3b1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+static int ocfs2_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry,
 			umode_t mode)
diff --git a/fs/omfs/dir.c b/fs/omfs/dir.c
index a476675e8e61..18f4b4543cc8 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/dir.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static struct dentry *omfs_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *di
 	return ERR_PTR(omfs_add_node(dir, dentry, mode));
 }
 
-static int omfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int omfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return omfs_add_node(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG);
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/namei.c b/fs/orangefs/namei.c
index f5deb8cdbf2f..32b7769ea49c 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/namei.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 /*
  * Get a newly allocated inode to go with a negative dentry.
  */
-static int orangefs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+static int orangefs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry,
 			umode_t mode)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index f7a3fd3a25b9..1194ccf981c3 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static int ovl_create_object(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentr
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ovl_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int ovl_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return ovl_create_object(idmap, dentry, (mode & 07777) | S_IFREG, 0, NULL);
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index cc06d806b214..ef91b933d4e6 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static struct dentry *ramfs_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *d
 	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 }
 
-static int ramfs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int ramfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return ramfs_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
index 483d2b23fc23..cf09d915bedd 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void cifs_sb_deactive(struct super_block *sb);
 /* Functions related to inodes */
 extern const struct inode_operations cifs_dir_inode_ops;
 struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *sb);
-int cifs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+int cifs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode);
 int cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *direntry,
 		     struct file *file, unsigned int oflags, umode_t mode);
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/dir.c b/fs/smb/client/dir.c
index 95da43ad7c02..52d30ebe67f3 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/dir.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/dir.c
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ int cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *direntry,
  * The initial dentry state is hashed-negative.  On success, dentry will become
  * hashed-positive by calling d_instantiate().
  */
-int cifs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+int cifs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(dir);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index d784283d427f..57640b6ff72d 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static int ubifs_prepare_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, nm);
 }
 
-static int ubifs_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int ubifs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index 002e79052f92..42d000fe9d6b 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static int udf_add_nondir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int udf_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int udf_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		      struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = udf_new_inode(dir, mode);
diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index 9231a5cda08e..d45347a25741 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static struct dentry *ufs_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsi
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate(). 
  */
-static int ufs_create (struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
+static int ufs_create (const struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
 		struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
index 9db16e90f670..b9c46c769c4e 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int vboxsf_dir_create(struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int vboxsf_dir_mkfile(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+static int vboxsf_dir_mkfile(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			     struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 			     umode_t mode)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index fe388619a138..791af2db7124 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ xfs_vn_mknod(
 
 STATIC int
 xfs_vn_create(
-	struct mnt_idmap	*idmap,
+	const struct mnt_idmap	*idmap,
 	struct inode		*dir,
 	struct dentry		*dentry,
 	umode_t			mode)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f2c7838644c3..2b9ae72010f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
 
 	int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
 
-	int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,
+	int (*create) (const struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,
 		       umode_t);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index d1dd36a651b0..e3a1f3b6d00f 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int mqueue_create_attr(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, void *arg)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int mqueue_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int mqueue_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			 struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return mqueue_create_attr(dentry, mode, NULL);
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index f633af032a08..656235b2f9c5 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3897,7 +3897,7 @@ static struct dentry *shmem_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *d
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int shmem_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
+static int shmem_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return shmem_mknod(idmap, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);