Add a simple check in the inline helpers to avoid calling fsnotify() and __fsnotify_parent() in case there are no marks of any type (inode/sb/mount) for an inode's sb, so there can be no objects of any type interested in the event. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/fsnotify.h | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h index f8acddcf54fb..12d3a7d308ab 100644 --- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h +++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ static inline void fsnotify_name(struct inode *dir, __u32 mask, struct inode *child, const struct qstr *name, u32 cookie) { + if (atomic_long_read(&dir->i_sb->s_fsnotify_connectors) == 0) + return; + fsnotify(mask, child, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, dir, name, NULL, cookie); } @@ -41,6 +44,9 @@ static inline void fsnotify_dirent(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, static inline void fsnotify_inode(struct inode *inode, __u32 mask) { + if (atomic_long_read(&inode->i_sb->s_fsnotify_connectors) == 0) + return; + if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) mask |= FS_ISDIR; @@ -53,6 +59,9 @@ static inline int fsnotify_parent(struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask, { struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry); + if (atomic_long_read(&inode->i_sb->s_fsnotify_connectors) == 0) + return 0; + if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) { mask |= FS_ISDIR; -- 2.25.1