vfs: add RENAME_WHITEOUT

This adds a new RENAME_WHITEOUT flag. This flag makes rename() create a whiteout of source. The whiteout creation is atomic relative to the rename.

Miklos Szeredi committed 12 years ago

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38	38	#define RENAME_NOREPLACE (1 << 0) /* Don't overwrite target */
39	39	#define RENAME_EXCHANGE (1 << 1) /* Exchange source and dest */
	40	+#define RENAME_WHITEOUT (1 << 2) /* Whiteout source */
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41	42	struct fstrim_range {
42	43	__u64 start;