Re: [PATCH 03/22] fanotify: Move recalculation of inode / vfsmount mask under mark_mutex

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On Thu 22-12-16 18:27:11, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Move recalculation of inode / vfsmount notification mask under
> > group->mark_mutex of the mark which was modified. These are the only
> > places where mask recalculation happens without mark being protected
> > from detaching from inode / vfsmount which will cause issues with the
> > following patches.
> >
> 
> What am I missing this time?
> 
> dnotify_handle_event()
>    dnotify_recalc_inode_mask()
>       fsnotify_recalc_inode_mask() /* not under dnotify_group->mark_mutex */

Dnotify uses mark->lock to protect recalculation of mask which also
protects mark from being removed from the list.

								Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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