This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
inotify: Don't force FS_IN_IGNORED
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
inotify-don-t-force-fs_in_ignored.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 2daf3094050690f2ca445f9e6e026ca38a82e9e0
Author: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Oct 25 16:27:22 2021 -0300
inotify: Don't force FS_IN_IGNORED
[ Upstream commit e0462f91d24756916fded4313d508e0fc52f39c9 ]
According to Amir:
"FS_IN_IGNORED is completely internal to inotify and there is no need
to set it in i_fsnotify_mask at all, so if we remove the bit from the
output of inotify_arg_to_mask() no functionality will change and we will
be able to overload the event bit for FS_ERROR."
This is done in preparation to overload FS_ERROR with the notification
mechanism in fanotify.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211025192746.66445-8-krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 9fb7701d2f8a0..b87759b8402be 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ static inline __u32 inotify_arg_to_mask(struct inode *inode, u32 arg)
__u32 mask;
/*
- * Everything should accept their own ignored and should receive events
- * when the inode is unmounted. All directories care about children.
+ * Everything should receive events when the inode is unmounted.
+ * All directories care about children.
*/
- mask = (FS_IN_IGNORED | FS_UNMOUNT);
+ mask = (FS_UNMOUNT);
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
mask |= FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD;
