[PATCH] inotify (4/5): allow watch removal from event handler
Allow callers to remove watches from their event handler via
inotify_remove_watch_locked(). This functionality can be used to
achieve IN_ONESHOT-like functionality for a subset of events in the
mask.
Signed-off-by: Amy Griffis <amy.griffis@hp.com>
Acked-by: Robert Love <rml@novell.com>
Acked-by: John McCutchan <john@johnmccutchan.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c
index 8477c4f..723836a 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/inotify.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
}
/*
- * remove_watch_no_event - remove_watch() without the IN_IGNORED event.
+ * remove_watch_no_event - remove watch without the IN_IGNORED event.
*
* Callers must hold both inode->inotify_mutex and ih->mutex.
*/
@@ -223,17 +223,22 @@
idr_remove(&ih->idr, watch->wd);
}
-/*
- * remove_watch - Remove a watch from both the handle and the inode. Sends
- * the IN_IGNORED event signifying that the inode is no longer watched.
+/**
+ * inotify_remove_watch_locked - Remove a watch from both the handle and the
+ * inode. Sends the IN_IGNORED event signifying that the inode is no longer
+ * watched. May be invoked from a caller's event handler.
+ * @ih: inotify handle associated with watch
+ * @watch: watch to remove
*
* Callers must hold both inode->inotify_mutex and ih->mutex.
*/
-static void remove_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch, struct inotify_handle *ih)
+void inotify_remove_watch_locked(struct inotify_handle *ih,
+ struct inotify_watch *watch)
{
remove_watch_no_event(watch, ih);
ih->in_ops->handle_event(watch, watch->wd, IN_IGNORED, 0, NULL, NULL);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inotify_remove_watch_locked);
/* Kernel API for producing events */
@@ -378,7 +383,7 @@
need_iput_tmp = need_iput;
need_iput = NULL;
- /* In case the remove_watch() drops a reference. */
+ /* In case inotify_remove_watch_locked() drops a reference. */
if (inode != need_iput_tmp)
__iget(inode);
else
@@ -411,7 +416,7 @@
mutex_lock(&ih->mutex);
ih->in_ops->handle_event(watch, watch->wd, IN_UNMOUNT, 0,
NULL, NULL);
- remove_watch(watch, ih);
+ inotify_remove_watch_locked(ih, watch);
mutex_unlock(&ih->mutex);
}
mutex_unlock(&inode->inotify_mutex);
@@ -434,7 +439,7 @@
list_for_each_entry_safe(watch, next, &inode->inotify_watches, i_list) {
struct inotify_handle *ih = watch->ih;
mutex_lock(&ih->mutex);
- remove_watch(watch, ih);
+ inotify_remove_watch_locked(ih, watch);
mutex_unlock(&ih->mutex);
}
mutex_unlock(&inode->inotify_mutex);
@@ -687,7 +692,7 @@
/* make sure that we did not race */
if (likely(idr_find(&ih->idr, wd) == watch))
- remove_watch(watch, ih);
+ inotify_remove_watch_locked(ih, watch);
mutex_unlock(&ih->mutex);
mutex_unlock(&inode->inotify_mutex);