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author | Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> | 2010-07-28 10:18:37 -0400 |
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committer | Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> | 2010-07-28 10:18:51 -0400 |
commit | 3bcf3860a4ff9bbc522820b4b765e65e4deceb3e (patch) | |
tree | 1e235af133559062c6fdee840ff9698f1dee26a6 /include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | |
parent | f70ab54cc6c3907b0727ba332b3976f80f3846d0 (diff) | |
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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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h index 564b5ea4a831..3410d388163e 100644 --- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h +++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h @@ -223,20 +223,20 @@ struct fsnotify_event { /* 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 @@ struct fsnotify_mark { /* 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 @@ static inline int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int da 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) |