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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index a95d8e037aeb..3d76e65ff84f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
* Add an event to the group notification queue. The group can later pull this
* event off the queue to deal with. The function returns 0 if the event was
* added to the queue, 1 if the event was merged with some other queued event,
- * 2 if the queue of events has overflown.
+ * 2 if the event was not queued - either the queue of events has overflown
+ * or the group is shutting down.
*/
int fsnotify_add_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
struct fsnotify_event *event,
@@ -96,6 +97,11 @@ int fsnotify_add_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
+ if (group->shutdown) {
+ mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
+ return 2;
+ }
+
if (group->q_len >= group->max_events) {
ret = 2;
/* Queue overflow event only if it isn't already queued */