We cannot use the event structure returned from fsnotify_add_notify_event() because that event can be freed by the time that function returns. Use the mask argument passed into the event handler directly instead. This also fixes a possible problem when we could unnecessarily wait for permission response for a normal fanotify event which got merged with a permission event. We also disallow merging of permission event with any other event so that we know the permission event which we just created is the one on which we should wait for permission response. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c | 21 +++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c index 58772623f02a..cc78e2fbc8e4 100644 --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c @@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ static bool should_merge(struct fsnotify_event *old_fsn, { struct fanotify_event_info *old, *new; -#ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS - /* dont merge two permission events */ - if ((old_fsn->mask & FAN_ALL_PERM_EVENTS) && - (new_fsn->mask & FAN_ALL_PERM_EVENTS)) - return false; -#endif pr_debug("%s: old=%p new=%p\n", __func__, old_fsn, new_fsn); old = FANOTIFY_E(old_fsn); new = FANOTIFY_E(new_fsn); @@ -42,6 +36,16 @@ static struct fsnotify_event *fanotify_merge(struct list_head *list, pr_debug("%s: list=%p event=%p\n", __func__, list, event); +#ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS + /* + * Don't merge a permission event with any other event so that we know + * the event structure we have created in fanotify_handle_event() is the + * one we should check for permission response. + */ + if (event->mask & FAN_ALL_PERM_EVENTS) + return NULL; +#endif + list_for_each_entry_reverse(test_event, list, list) { if (should_merge(test_event, event)) { do_merge = true; @@ -195,13 +199,10 @@ static int fanotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, fsnotify_destroy_event(group, fsn_event); if (IS_ERR(notify_fsn_event)) return PTR_ERR(notify_fsn_event); - /* We need to ask about a different events after a merge... */ - event = FANOTIFY_E(notify_fsn_event); - fsn_event = notify_fsn_event; } #ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS - if (fsn_event->mask & FAN_ALL_PERM_EVENTS) + if (mask & FAN_ALL_PERM_EVENTS) ret = fanotify_get_response_from_access(group, event); #endif return ret; -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html