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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index ff69ae24c4e8..272c8a1dab3c 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -117,17 +117,13 @@ void fsnotify_sb_free(struct super_block *sb)
* parent cares. Thus when an event happens on a child it can quickly tell
* if there is a need to find a parent and send the event to the parent.
*/
-void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
+void fsnotify_set_children_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
{
struct dentry *alias;
- int watched;
if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
return;
- /* determine if the children should tell inode about their events */
- watched = fsnotify_inode_watches_children(inode);
-
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
/* run all of the dentries associated with this inode. Since this is a
* directory, there damn well better only be one item on this list */
@@ -143,10 +139,7 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
continue;
spin_lock_nested(&child->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
- if (watched)
- child->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
- else
- child->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
+ child->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
}
spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
@@ -154,6 +147,24 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
}
+/*
+ * Lazily clear false positive PARENT_WATCHED flag for child whose parent had
+ * stopped watching children.
+ */
+static void fsnotify_clear_child_dentry_flag(struct inode *pinode,
+ struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+ spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ /*
+ * d_lock is a sufficient barrier to prevent observing a non-watched
+ * parent state from before the fsnotify_set_children_dentry_flags()
+ * or fsnotify_update_flags() call that had set PARENT_WATCHED.
+ */
+ if (!fsnotify_inode_watches_children(pinode))
+ dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
+ spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+}
+
/* Are inode/sb/mount interested in parent and name info with this event? */
static bool fsnotify_event_needs_parent(struct inode *inode, __u32 mnt_mask,
__u32 mask)
@@ -228,7 +239,7 @@ int __fsnotify_parent(struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask, const void *data,
p_inode = parent->d_inode;
p_mask = fsnotify_inode_watches_children(p_inode);
if (unlikely(parent_watched && !p_mask))
- __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(p_inode);
+ fsnotify_clear_child_dentry_flag(p_inode, dentry);
/*
* Include parent/name in notification either if some notification