fsnotify: store struct file not struct path
Al explains that calling dentry_open() with a mnt/dentry pair is only
garunteed to be safe if they are already used in an open struct file. To
make sure this is the case don't store and use a struct path in fsnotify,
always use a struct file.
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 7182c83..50cea74 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
if (client_fd < 0)
return client_fd;
- if (event->data_type != FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH) {
+ if (event->data_type != FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE) {
WARN_ON(1);
put_unused_fd(client_fd);
return -EINVAL;
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
* we need a new file handle for the userspace program so it can read even if it was
* originally opened O_WRONLY.
*/
- dentry = dget(event->path.dentry);
- mnt = mntget(event->path.mnt);
+ dentry = dget(event->file->f_path.dentry);
+ mnt = mntget(event->file->f_path.mnt);
/* it's possible this event was an overflow event. in that case dentry and mnt
* are NULL; That's fine, just don't call dentry open */
if (dentry && mnt)