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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index 95a330d2f8a1..4feed8601e29 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static bool should_merge(struct fsnotify_event *old, struct fsnotify_event *new)
return false;
}
+/* Note, if we return an event in *arg that a reference is being held... */
static int fanotify_merge(struct list_head *list,
struct fsnotify_event *event,
void **arg)
@@ -34,17 +35,22 @@ static int fanotify_merge(struct list_head *list,
struct fsnotify_event_holder *test_holder;
struct fsnotify_event *test_event;
struct fsnotify_event *new_event;
+ struct fsnotify_event **return_event = (struct fsnotify_event **)arg;
int ret = 0;
pr_debug("%s: list=%p event=%p\n", __func__, list, event);
+ *return_event = NULL;
+
/* and the list better be locked by something too! */
list_for_each_entry_reverse(test_holder, list, event_list) {
test_event = test_holder->event;
if (should_merge(test_event, event)) {
- ret = -EEXIST;
+ fsnotify_get_event(test_event);
+ *return_event = test_event;
+ ret = -EEXIST;
/* if they are exactly the same we are done */
if (test_event->mask == event->mask)
goto out;
@@ -66,11 +72,14 @@ static int fanotify_merge(struct list_head *list,
goto out;
}
+ /* we didn't return the test_event, so drop that ref */
+ fsnotify_put_event(test_event);
+ /* the reference we return on new_event is from clone */
+ *return_event = new_event;
+
/* build new event and replace it on the list */
new_event->mask = (test_event->mask | event->mask);
fsnotify_replace_event(test_holder, new_event);
- /* match ref from fsnotify_clone_event() */
- fsnotify_put_event(new_event);
break;
}
@@ -82,7 +91,7 @@ out:
static int fanotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_event *event)
{
int ret;
-
+ struct fsnotify_event *used_event;
BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_ACCESS != FS_ACCESS);
BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_MODIFY != FS_MODIFY);
@@ -94,10 +103,12 @@ static int fanotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_e
pr_debug("%s: group=%p event=%p\n", __func__, group, event);
- ret = fsnotify_add_notify_event(group, event, NULL, fanotify_merge, NULL);
+ ret = fsnotify_add_notify_event(group, event, NULL, fanotify_merge, (void **)&used_event);
/* -EEXIST means this event was merged with another, not that it was an error */
if (ret == -EEXIST)
ret = 0;
+ if (used_event)
+ fsnotify_put_event(used_event);
return ret;
}