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-rw-r--r--fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c34
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index 158c69acb04d..4ff84bc5772e 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -34,7 +34,16 @@ static bool should_merge(struct fsnotify_event *old_fsn,
return old->path.mnt == new->path.mnt &&
old->path.dentry == new->path.dentry;
} else if (fanotify_event_has_fid(old)) {
- return fanotify_fid_equal(&old->fid, &new->fid, old->fh_len);
+ /*
+ * We want to merge many dirent events in the same dir (i.e.
+ * creates/unlinks/renames), but we do not want to merge dirent
+ * events referring to subdirs with dirent events referring to
+ * non subdirs, otherwise, user won't be able to tell from a
+ * mask FAN_CREATE|FAN_DELETE|FAN_ONDIR if it describes mkdir+
+ * unlink pair or rmdir+create pair of events.
+ */
+ return (old->mask & FS_ISDIR) == (new->mask & FS_ISDIR) &&
+ fanotify_fid_equal(&old->fid, &new->fid, old->fh_len);
}
/* Do not merge events if we failed to encode fid */
@@ -112,6 +121,7 @@ static u32 fanotify_group_event_mask(struct fsnotify_group *group,
int data_type)
{
__u32 marks_mask = 0, marks_ignored_mask = 0;
+ __u32 test_mask, user_mask = FANOTIFY_OUTGOING_EVENTS;
const struct path *path = data;
struct fsnotify_mark *mark;
int type;
@@ -145,12 +155,30 @@ static u32 fanotify_group_event_mask(struct fsnotify_group *group,
marks_ignored_mask |= mark->ignored_mask;
}
+ test_mask = event_mask & marks_mask & ~marks_ignored_mask;
+
+ /*
+ * dirent modification events (create/delete/move) do not carry the
+ * child entry name/inode information. Instead, we report FAN_ONDIR
+ * for mkdir/rmdir so user can differentiate them from creat/unlink.
+ *
+ * For backward compatibility and consistency, do not report FAN_ONDIR
+ * to user in legacy fanotify mode (reporting fd) and report FAN_ONDIR
+ * to user in FAN_REPORT_FID mode for all event types.
+ */
+ if (FAN_GROUP_FLAG(group, FAN_REPORT_FID)) {
+ /* Do not report FAN_ONDIR without any event */
+ if (!(test_mask & ~FAN_ONDIR))
+ return 0;
+ } else {
+ user_mask &= ~FAN_ONDIR;
+ }
+
if (event_mask & FS_ISDIR &&
!(marks_mask & FS_ISDIR & ~marks_ignored_mask))
return 0;
- return event_mask & FANOTIFY_OUTGOING_EVENTS & marks_mask &
- ~marks_ignored_mask;
+ return test_mask & user_mask;
}
static int fanotify_encode_fid(struct fanotify_event *event,