When creating an FS_MODIFY event on inode itself (not on parent)
the file_name argument should be NULL.
The change to send a non NULL name to inode itself was done on purpuse
as part of another commit, as Tejun writes: "...While at it, supply the
target file name to fsnotify() from kernfs_node->name.".
But this is wrong practice and inconsistent with inotify behavior when
watching a single file. When a child is being watched (as opposed to the
parent directory) the inotify event should contain the watch descriptor,
but not the file name.
Fixes: df6a58c5c5aa ("kernfs: don't depend on d_find_any_alias()...")
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/kernfs/file.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
index 06b342d8462b..e23b3f62483c 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static void kernfs_notify_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
}
fsnotify(inode, FS_MODIFY, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE,
- &name, 0);
+ NULL, 0);
iput(inode);
}
--
2.17.1
