inotify inode marks pin the inode so there is no need to set the FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS flag. Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220321112310.vpr7oxro2xkz5llh@xxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c index 146890ecd93a..ed42a189faa2 100644 --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c @@ -640,13 +640,13 @@ static int inotify_update_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inod { int ret = 0; - mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex); + fsnotify_group_lock(group); /* try to update and existing watch with the new arg */ ret = inotify_update_existing_watch(group, inode, arg); /* no mark present, try to add a new one */ if (ret == -ENOENT) ret = inotify_new_watch(group, inode, arg); - mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex); + fsnotify_group_unlock(group); return ret; } -- 2.35.1