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/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 564b5ea..3410d38 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -223,20 +223,20 @@
/* to_tell may ONLY be dereferenced during handle_event(). */
struct inode *to_tell; /* either the inode the event happened to or its parent */
/*
- * depending on the event type we should have either a path or inode
- * We hold a reference on path, but NOT on inode. Since we have the ref on
- * the path, it may be dereferenced at any point during this object's
+ * depending on the event type we should have either a file or inode
+ * We hold a reference on file, but NOT on inode. Since we have the ref on
+ * the file, it may be dereferenced at any point during this object's
* lifetime. That reference is dropped when this object's refcnt hits
- * 0. If this event contains an inode instead of a path, the inode may
+ * 0. If this event contains an inode instead of a file, the inode may
* ONLY be used during handle_event().
*/
union {
- struct path path;
+ struct file *file;
struct inode *inode;
};
/* when calling fsnotify tell it if the data is a path or inode */
#define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE 0
-#define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH 1
+#define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE 1
#define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE 2
int data_type; /* which of the above union we have */
atomic_t refcnt; /* how many groups still are using/need to send this event */
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
/* main fsnotify call to send events */
extern int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,
const unsigned char *name, u32 cookie);
-extern void __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask);
+extern void __fsnotify_parent(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask);
extern void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode);
extern void __fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(struct vfsmount *mnt);
extern u32 fsnotify_get_cookie(void);
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
return 0;
}
-static inline void __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
+static inline void __fsnotify_parent(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
{}
static inline void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode)