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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h index 7380763595d3..69ad89b50489 100644 --- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h +++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h @@ -329,9 +329,15 @@ static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry) { struct dentry *parent; - assert_spin_locked(&dcache_lock); assert_spin_locked(&dentry->d_lock); + /* + * Serialisation of setting PARENT_WATCHED on the dentries is provided + * by d_lock. If inotify_inode_watched changes after we have taken + * d_lock, the following __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags call will + * find our entry, so it will spin until we complete here, and update + * us with the new state. + */ parent = dentry->d_parent; if (parent->d_inode && fsnotify_inode_watches_children(parent->d_inode)) dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED; @@ -341,15 +347,12 @@ static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry) /* * fsnotify_d_instantiate - instantiate a dentry for inode - * Called with dcache_lock held. */ static inline void __fsnotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode) { if (!inode) return; - assert_spin_locked(&dcache_lock); - spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock); __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(dentry); spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); |