diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 2c391338c6757f505eac6dfcbe98a169452ad305..04c8679813755350d9d92f3dc2b9162cfcc2a64f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ prototypes:
 	void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
 	int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 				struct file *, unsigned open_flag,
-				umode_t create_mode, int *opened);
+				umode_t create_mode);
 	int (*tmpfile) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
 
 locking rules:
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 17bb4dc28fae03371c328cc2135b576c4235ab03..c68ea9294b5f02462f2f623daab6ac283b7f27ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -602,3 +602,11 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
 	dentry separately, and it now has request_mask and query_flags arguments
 	to specify the fields and sync type requested by statx.  Filesystems not
 	supporting any statx-specific features may ignore the new arguments.
+--
+[mandatory]
+	->atomic_open() calling conventions have changed.  Gone is int *opened,
+	along with FILE_OPENED/FILE_CREATED.  In place of those we have
+	FMODE_OPENED/FMODE_CREATED, set in file->f_mode.  Additionally, return
+	value for 'called finish_no_open(), open it yourself' case has become
+	0, not 1.  Since finish_no_open() itself is returning 0 now, that part
+	does not need any changes in ->atomic_open() instances.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 829a7b7857a46904cfb7f02646212504a3a7f259..d564cc44397e58efcccd2a597b7d6ae6458f63f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
 	ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 	void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
 	int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct file *,
-			unsigned open_flag, umode_t create_mode, int *opened);
+			unsigned open_flag, umode_t create_mode);
 	int (*tmpfile) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
 };
 
@@ -496,13 +496,15 @@ otherwise noted.
 
   atomic_open: called on the last component of an open.  Using this optional
   	method the filesystem can look up, possibly create and open the file in
-  	one atomic operation.  If it cannot perform this (e.g. the file type
-  	turned out to be wrong) it may signal this by returning 1 instead of
-	usual 0 or -ve .  This method is only called if the last component is
-	negative or needs lookup.  Cached positive dentries are still handled by
-	f_op->open().  If the file was created, the FILE_CREATED flag should be
-	set in "opened".  In case of O_EXCL the method must only succeed if the
-	file didn't exist and hence FILE_CREATED shall always be set on success.
+	one atomic operation.  If it wants to leave actual opening to the
+	caller (e.g. if the file turned out to be a symlink, device, or just
+	something filesystem won't do atomic open for), it may signal this by
+	returning finish_no_open(file, dentry).  This method is only called if
+	the last component is negative or needs lookup.  Cached positive dentries
+	are still handled by f_op->open().  If the file was created,
+	FMODE_CREATED flag should be set in file->f_mode.  In case of O_EXCL
+	the method must only succeed if the file didn't exist and hence FMODE_CREATED
+	shall always be set on success.
 
   tmpfile: called in the end of O_TMPFILE open().  Optional, equivalent to
 	atomically creating, opening and unlinking a file in given directory.