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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-21 08:54:32 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-21 08:54:32 -0700
commit2fb59d623ad85dfdb8ce03a660051743f7361896 (patch)
tree3991ab2b88cc369444c136089d9c1570c26c6072 /fs/inotify.c
parentefdc31319d43050a5742fb690b1a4beb68092a94 (diff)
parent74c3cbe33bc077ac1159cadfea608b501e100344 (diff)
Merge branch 'audit.b43' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current
* 'audit.b43' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current: [PATCH] audit: watching subtrees [PATCH] new helper - inotify_evict_watch() [PATCH] new helper - inotify_clone_watch() [PATCH] new helpers - collect_mounts() and release_collected_mounts() [PATCH] pass dentry to audit_inode()/audit_inode_child()
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/inotify.c')
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diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c
index 7457501b956..2c5b9215287 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/inotify.c
@@ -667,6 +667,49 @@ out:
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inotify_add_watch);
/**
+ * inotify_clone_watch - put the watch next to existing one
+ * @old: already installed watch
+ * @new: new watch
+ *
+ * Caller must hold the inotify_mutex of inode we are dealing with;
+ * it is expected to remove the old watch before unlocking the inode.
+ */
+s32 inotify_clone_watch(struct inotify_watch *old, struct inotify_watch *new)
+{
+ struct inotify_handle *ih = old->ih;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ new->mask = old->mask;
+ new->ih = ih;
+
+ mutex_lock(&ih->mutex);
+
+ /* Initialize a new watch */
+ ret = inotify_handle_get_wd(ih, new);
+ if (unlikely(ret))
+ goto out;
+ ret = new->wd;
+
+ get_inotify_handle(ih);
+
+ new->inode = igrab(old->inode);
+
+ list_add(&new->h_list, &ih->watches);
+ list_add(&new->i_list, &old->inode->inotify_watches);
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(&ih->mutex);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+void inotify_evict_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch)
+{
+ get_inotify_watch(watch);
+ mutex_lock(&watch->ih->mutex);
+ inotify_remove_watch_locked(watch->ih, watch);
+ mutex_unlock(&watch->ih->mutex);
+}
+
+/**
* inotify_rm_wd - remove a watch from an inotify instance
* @ih: inotify handle
* @wd: watch descriptor to remove