[PATCH v3 07/14] fsnotify: replace inode pointer with an object id

[Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>]

The event inode field is used only for comparison in queue merges and
cannot be dereferenced after handle_event(), because it does not hold a
refcount on the inode.

Replace it with an abstract id to do the same thing.

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c        | 4 ++--
 fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c | 4 ++--
 fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c     | 2 +-
 include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h     | 7 +++----
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index 19ec7a4f4d50..6a202aaf941f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static bool should_merge(struct fsnotify_event *old_fsn,
 	old = FANOTIFY_E(old_fsn);
 	new = FANOTIFY_E(new_fsn);
 
-	if (old_fsn->inode != new_fsn->inode || old->pid != new->pid ||
+	if (old_fsn->objectid != new_fsn->objectid || old->pid != new->pid ||
 	    old->fh_type != new->fh_type || old->fh_len != new->fh_len)
 		return false;
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	if (!event)
 		goto out;
 init: __maybe_unused
-	fsnotify_init_event(&event->fse, inode);
+	fsnotify_init_event(&event->fse, (unsigned long)inode);
 	event->mask = mask;
 	if (FAN_GROUP_FLAG(group, FAN_REPORT_TID))
 		event->pid = get_pid(task_pid(current));
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
index 6bb98522bbfd..2ebc89047153 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static bool event_compare(struct fsnotify_event *old_fsn,
 	if (old->mask & FS_IN_IGNORED)
 		return false;
 	if ((old->mask == new->mask) &&
-	    (old_fsn->inode == new_fsn->inode) &&
+	    (old_fsn->objectid == new_fsn->objectid) &&
 	    (old->name_len == new->name_len) &&
 	    (!old->name_len || !strcmp(old->name, new->name)))
 		return true;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int inotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 		mask &= ~IN_ISDIR;
 
 	fsn_event = &event->fse;
-	fsnotify_init_event(fsn_event, inode);
+	fsnotify_init_event(fsn_event, (unsigned long)inode);
 	event->mask = mask;
 	event->wd = i_mark->wd;
 	event->sync_cookie = cookie;
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 107537a543fd..81ffc8629fc4 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ static struct fsnotify_group *inotify_new_group(unsigned int max_events)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 	group->overflow_event = &oevent->fse;
-	fsnotify_init_event(group->overflow_event, NULL);
+	fsnotify_init_event(group->overflow_event, 0);
 	oevent->mask = FS_Q_OVERFLOW;
 	oevent->wd = -1;
 	oevent->sync_cookie = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index ab0913619403..8ede512fca70 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ struct fsnotify_ops {
  */
 struct fsnotify_event {
 	struct list_head list;
-	/* inode may ONLY be dereferenced during handle_event(). */
-	struct inode *inode;	/* either the inode the event happened to or its parent */
+	unsigned long objectid;	/* identifier for queue merges */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -543,10 +542,10 @@ extern void fsnotify_finish_user_wait(struct fsnotify_iter_info *iter_info);
 extern bool fsnotify_prepare_user_wait(struct fsnotify_iter_info *iter_info);
 
 static inline void fsnotify_init_event(struct fsnotify_event *event,
-				       struct inode *inode)
+				       unsigned long objectid)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->list);
-	event->inode = inode;
+	event->objectid = objectid;
 }
 
 #else
-- 
2.17.1