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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fsnotify.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fsnotify.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h index fd1ce10553bf..dbad8bfd7ea7 100644 --- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h +++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h @@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ static inline int fsnotify_perm(struct file *file, int mask) __u32 fsnotify_mask = 0; int ret; - if (file->f_mode & FMODE_NONOTIFY) + /* + * FMODE_NONOTIFY are fds generated by fanotify itself which should not + * generate new events. We also don't want to generate events for + * FMODE_PATH fds (involves open & close events) as they are just + * handle creation / destruction events and not "real" file events. + */ + if (file->f_mode & (FMODE_NONOTIFY | FMODE_PATH)) return 0; if (!(mask & (MAY_READ | MAY_OPEN))) return 0; |