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Commit 3bcf3860 authored by Eric Paris's avatar Eric Paris
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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: default avatarEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
parent f70ab54c
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@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ static bool should_merge(struct fsnotify_event *old, struct fsnotify_event *new)
	    old->data_type == new->data_type &&
	    old->tgid == new->tgid) {
		switch (old->data_type) {
		case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH):
			if ((old->path.mnt == new->path.mnt) &&
			    (old->path.dentry == new->path.dentry))
		case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE):
			if ((old->file->f_path.mnt == new->file->f_path.mnt) &&
			    (old->file->f_path.dentry == new->file->f_path.dentry))
				return true;
		case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE):
			return true;
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static bool fanotify_should_send_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inod
		return false;

	/* if we don't have enough info to send an event to userspace say no */
	if (data_type != FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)
	if (data_type != FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE)
		return false;

	if (mnt)
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@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int create_fd(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_event *event)
	if (client_fd < 0)
		return client_fd;

	if (event->data_type != FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH) {
	if (event->data_type != FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE) {
		WARN_ON(1);
		put_unused_fd(client_fd);
		return -EINVAL;
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ static int create_fd(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_event *event)
	 * we need a new file handle for the userspace program so it can read even if it was
	 * originally opened O_WRONLY.
	 */
	dentry = dget(event->path.dentry);
	mnt = mntget(event->path.mnt);
	dentry = dget(event->file->f_path.dentry);
	mnt = mntget(event->file->f_path.mnt);
	/* it's possible this event was an overflow event.  in that case dentry and mnt
	 * are NULL;  That's fine, just don't call dentry open */
	if (dentry && mnt)
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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
}

/* Notify this dentry's parent about a child's events. */
void __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
void __fsnotify_parent(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
{
	struct dentry *parent;
	struct inode *p_inode;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
	bool should_update_children = false;

	if (!dentry)
		dentry = path->dentry;
		dentry = file->f_path.dentry;

	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED))
		return;
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ void __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
		 * specifies these are events which came from a child. */
		mask |= FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD;

		if (path)
			fsnotify(p_inode, mask, path, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH,
		if (file)
			fsnotify(p_inode, mask, file, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE,
				 dentry->d_name.name, 0);
		else
			fsnotify(p_inode, mask, dentry->d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE,
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ void __fsnotify_flush_ignored_mask(struct inode *inode, void *data, int data_is)
		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
	}

	if (data_is == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH) {
	if (data_is == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE) {
		struct vfsmount *mnt;

		mnt = ((struct path *)data)->mnt;
		mnt = ((struct file *)data)->f_path.mnt;
		if (mnt && !hlist_empty(&mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks)) {
			spin_lock(&mnt->mnt_root->d_lock);
			hlist_for_each_entry(mark, node, &mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks, m.m_list) {
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,
	    !(test_mask & fsnotify_vfsmount_mask))
		return 0;
 
	if (data_is == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)
		mnt = ((struct path *)data)->mnt;
	if (data_is == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE)
		mnt = ((struct file *)data)->f_path.mnt;

	/* if this inode's directed listeners don't care and nothing on the vfsmount
	 * listeners list cares, nothing to do */
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@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ static bool event_compare(struct fsnotify_event *old, struct fsnotify_event *new
			    !strcmp(old->file_name, new->file_name))
				return true;
			break;
		case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH):
			if ((old->path.mnt == new->path.mnt) &&
			    (old->path.dentry == new->path.dentry))
		case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE):
			if ((old->file->f_path.mnt == new->file->f_path.mnt) &&
			    (old->file->f_path.dentry == new->file->f_path.dentry))
				return true;
			break;
		case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE):
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ static bool inotify_should_send_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode
	send = (fsn_mark->mask & mask);

	if (send && (fsn_mark->mask & FS_EXCL_UNLINK) &&
	    (data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)) {
		struct path *path  = data;
	    (data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE)) {
		struct file *file  = data;

		if (d_unlinked(path->dentry))
		if (d_unlinked(file->f_path.dentry))
			send = false;
	}

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@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 * allocated and used.
 */

#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -89,8 +90,8 @@ void fsnotify_put_event(struct fsnotify_event *event)
	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&event->refcnt)) {
		pr_debug("%s: event=%p\n", __func__, event);

		if (event->data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)
			path_put(&event->path);
		if (event->data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE)
			fput(event->file);

		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&event->private_data_list));

@@ -375,8 +376,8 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_clone_event(struct fsnotify_event *old_event)
		}
	}
	event->tgid = get_pid(old_event->tgid);
	if (event->data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)
		path_get(&event->path);
	if (event->data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE)
		get_file(event->file);

	return event;
}
@@ -423,11 +424,9 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
	event->data_type = data_type;

	switch (data_type) {
	case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH: {
		struct path *path = data;
		event->path.dentry = path->dentry;
		event->path.mnt = path->mnt;
		path_get(&event->path);
	case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE: {
		event->file = data;
		get_file(event->file);
		break;
	}
	case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE:
@@ -435,8 +434,7 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
		break;
	case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE:
		event->inode = NULL;
		event->path.dentry = NULL;
		event->path.mnt = NULL;
		event->file = NULL;
		break;
	default:
		BUG();
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