diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index 00fbd5b..6c9ebef 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/dnotify.h>
 #include <linux/inotify.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 
 /*
@@ -35,6 +36,16 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * fsnotify_link_count - inode's link count changed
+ */
+static inline void fsnotify_link_count(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, IN_ATTRIB, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+	fsnotify(inode, FS_ATTRIB, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
+}
+
+/*
  * fsnotify_move - file old_name at old_dir was moved to new_name at new_dir
  */
 static inline void fsnotify_move(struct inode *old_dir, struct inode *new_dir,
@@ -43,28 +54,47 @@
 {
 	struct inode *source = moved->d_inode;
 	u32 cookie = inotify_get_cookie();
+	__u32 old_dir_mask = 0;
+	__u32 new_dir_mask = 0;
 
-	if (old_dir == new_dir)
+	if (old_dir == new_dir) {
 		inode_dir_notify(old_dir, DN_RENAME);
-	else {
+		old_dir_mask = FS_DN_RENAME;
+	} else {
 		inode_dir_notify(old_dir, DN_DELETE);
+		old_dir_mask = FS_DELETE;
 		inode_dir_notify(new_dir, DN_CREATE);
+		new_dir_mask = FS_CREATE;
 	}
 
-	if (isdir)
+	if (isdir) {
 		isdir = IN_ISDIR;
+		old_dir_mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
+		new_dir_mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
+	}
+
+	old_dir_mask |= FS_MOVED_FROM;
+	new_dir_mask |= FS_MOVED_TO;
+
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(old_dir, IN_MOVED_FROM|isdir,cookie,old_name,
 				  source);
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(new_dir, IN_MOVED_TO|isdir, cookie, new_name,
 				  source);
 
+	fsnotify(old_dir, old_dir_mask, old_dir, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
+	fsnotify(new_dir, new_dir_mask, new_dir, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
+
 	if (target) {
 		inotify_inode_queue_event(target, IN_DELETE_SELF, 0, NULL, NULL);
 		inotify_inode_is_dead(target);
+
+		/* this is really a link_count change not a removal */
+		fsnotify_link_count(target);
 	}
 
 	if (source) {
 		inotify_inode_queue_event(source, IN_MOVE_SELF, 0, NULL, NULL);
+		fsnotify(source, FS_MOVE_SELF, moved->d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
 	}
 	audit_inode_child(new_name, moved, new_dir);
 }
@@ -74,10 +104,12 @@
  */
 static inline void fsnotify_nameremove(struct dentry *dentry, int isdir)
 {
+	__u32 mask = FS_DELETE;
+
 	if (isdir)
-		isdir = IN_ISDIR;
+		mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
 	dnotify_parent(dentry, DN_DELETE);
-	inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(dentry, IN_DELETE|isdir, 0, dentry->d_name.name);
+	inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(dentry, mask, 0, dentry->d_name.name);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -87,14 +119,8 @@
 {
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, IN_DELETE_SELF, 0, NULL, NULL);
 	inotify_inode_is_dead(inode);
-}
 
-/*
- * fsnotify_link_count - inode's link count changed
- */
-static inline void fsnotify_link_count(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, IN_ATTRIB, 0, NULL, NULL);
+	fsnotify(inode, FS_DELETE_SELF, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -106,6 +132,8 @@
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, IN_CREATE, 0, dentry->d_name.name,
 				  dentry->d_inode);
 	audit_inode_child(dentry->d_name.name, dentry, inode);
+
+	fsnotify(inode, FS_CREATE, dentry->d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -120,6 +148,8 @@
 				  inode);
 	fsnotify_link_count(inode);
 	audit_inode_child(new_dentry->d_name.name, new_dentry, dir);
+
+	fsnotify(dir, FS_CREATE, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -127,10 +157,14 @@
  */
 static inline void fsnotify_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	__u32 mask = (FS_CREATE | FS_IN_ISDIR);
+	struct inode *d_inode = dentry->d_inode;
+
 	inode_dir_notify(inode, DN_CREATE);
-	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, IN_CREATE | IN_ISDIR, 0, 
-				  dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_inode);
+	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, dentry->d_name.name, d_inode);
 	audit_inode_child(dentry->d_name.name, dentry, inode);
+
+	fsnotify(inode, mask, d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -139,14 +173,16 @@
 static inline void fsnotify_access(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	u32 mask = IN_ACCESS;
+	__u32 mask = FS_ACCESS;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-		mask |= IN_ISDIR;
+		mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
 
 	dnotify_parent(dentry, DN_ACCESS);
 	inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(dentry, mask, 0, dentry->d_name.name);
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+	fsnotify(inode, mask, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -155,14 +191,16 @@
 static inline void fsnotify_modify(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	u32 mask = IN_MODIFY;
+	__u32 mask = FS_MODIFY;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-		mask |= IN_ISDIR;
+		mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
 
 	dnotify_parent(dentry, DN_MODIFY);
 	inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(dentry, mask, 0, dentry->d_name.name);
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+	fsnotify(inode, mask, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -171,13 +209,15 @@
 static inline void fsnotify_open(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	u32 mask = IN_OPEN;
+	__u32 mask = FS_OPEN;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-		mask |= IN_ISDIR;
+		mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
 
 	inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(dentry, mask, 0, dentry->d_name.name);
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+	fsnotify(inode, mask, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -189,13 +229,15 @@
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	const char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
 	fmode_t mode = file->f_mode;
-	u32 mask = (mode & FMODE_WRITE) ? IN_CLOSE_WRITE : IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE;
+	__u32 mask = (mode & FMODE_WRITE) ? FS_CLOSE_WRITE : FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-		mask |= IN_ISDIR;
+		mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
 
 	inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(dentry, mask, 0, name);
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+	fsnotify(inode, mask, file, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -204,13 +246,15 @@
 static inline void fsnotify_xattr(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	u32 mask = IN_ATTRIB;
+	__u32 mask = FS_ATTRIB;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-		mask |= IN_ISDIR;
+		mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
 
 	inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(dentry, mask, 0, dentry->d_name.name);
 	inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+	fsnotify(inode, mask, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -221,34 +265,34 @@
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int dn_mask = 0;
-	u32 in_mask = 0;
+	__u32 in_mask = 0;
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID) {
-		in_mask |= IN_ATTRIB;
+		in_mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
 		dn_mask |= DN_ATTRIB;
 	}
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID) {
-		in_mask |= IN_ATTRIB;
+		in_mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
 		dn_mask |= DN_ATTRIB;
 	}
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
-		in_mask |= IN_MODIFY;
+		in_mask |= FS_MODIFY;
 		dn_mask |= DN_MODIFY;
 	}
 	/* both times implies a utime(s) call */
 	if ((ia_valid & (ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME)) == (ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME))
 	{
-		in_mask |= IN_ATTRIB;
+		in_mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
 		dn_mask |= DN_ATTRIB;
 	} else if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME) {
-		in_mask |= IN_ACCESS;
+		in_mask |= FS_ACCESS;
 		dn_mask |= DN_ACCESS;
 	} else if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME) {
-		in_mask |= IN_MODIFY;
+		in_mask |= FS_MODIFY;
 		dn_mask |= DN_MODIFY;
 	}
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
-		in_mask |= IN_ATTRIB;
+		in_mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
 		dn_mask |= DN_ATTRIB;
 	}
 
@@ -256,14 +300,15 @@
 		dnotify_parent(dentry, dn_mask);
 	if (in_mask) {
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-			in_mask |= IN_ISDIR;
+			in_mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
 		inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, in_mask, 0, NULL, NULL);
 		inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(dentry, in_mask, 0,
 						  dentry->d_name.name);
+		fsnotify(inode, in_mask, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
 	}
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY	/* inotify helpers */
+#if defined(CONFIG_INOTIFY) || defined(CONFIG_FSNOTIFY)	/* notify helpers */
 
 /*
  * fsnotify_oldname_init - save off the old filename before we change it
@@ -281,7 +326,7 @@
 	kfree(old_name);
 }
 
-#else	/* CONFIG_INOTIFY */
+#else	/* CONFIG_INOTIFY || CONFIG_FSNOTIFY */
 
 static inline const char *fsnotify_oldname_init(const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a55718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+/*
+ * Filesystem access notification for Linux
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc., Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H
+#define __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#include <linux/fs.h> /* struct inode */
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/path.h> /* struct path */
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+
+/*
+ * IN_* from inotfy.h lines up EXACTLY with FS_*, this is so we can easily
+ * convert between them.  dnotify only needs conversion at watch creation
+ * so no perf loss there.  fanotify isn't defined yet, so it can use the
+ * wholes if it needs more events.
+ */
+#define FS_ACCESS		0x00000001	/* File was accessed */
+#define FS_MODIFY		0x00000002	/* File was modified */
+#define FS_ATTRIB		0x00000004	/* Metadata changed */
+#define FS_CLOSE_WRITE		0x00000008	/* Writtable file was closed */
+#define FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE	0x00000010	/* Unwrittable file closed */
+#define FS_OPEN			0x00000020	/* File was opened */
+#define FS_MOVED_FROM		0x00000040	/* File was moved from X */
+#define FS_MOVED_TO		0x00000080	/* File was moved to Y */
+#define FS_CREATE		0x00000100	/* Subfile was created */
+#define FS_DELETE		0x00000200	/* Subfile was deleted */
+#define FS_DELETE_SELF		0x00000400	/* Self was deleted */
+#define FS_MOVE_SELF		0x00000800	/* Self was moved */
+
+#define FS_UNMOUNT		0x00002000	/* inode on umount fs */
+#define FS_Q_OVERFLOW		0x00004000	/* Event queued overflowed */
+#define FS_IN_IGNORED		0x00008000	/* last inotify event here */
+
+#define FS_IN_ISDIR		0x40000000	/* event occurred against dir */
+#define FS_IN_ONESHOT		0x80000000	/* only send event once */
+
+#define FS_DN_RENAME		0x10000000	/* file renamed */
+#define FS_DN_MULTISHOT		0x20000000	/* dnotify multishot */
+
+struct fsnotify_group;
+struct fsnotify_event;
+
+/*
+ * Each group much define these ops.  The fsnotify infrastructure will call
+ * these operations for each relevant group.
+ *
+ * handle_event - main call for a group to handle an fs event
+ * free_group_priv - called when a group refcnt hits 0 to clean up the private union
+ */
+struct fsnotify_ops {
+	int (*handle_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_event *event);
+	void (*free_group_priv)(struct fsnotify_group *group);
+};
+
+/*
+ * A group is a "thing" that wants to receive notification about filesystem
+ * events.  The mask holds the subset of event types this group cares about.
+ * refcnt on a group is up to the implementor and at any moment if it goes 0
+ * everything will be cleaned up.
+ */
+struct fsnotify_group {
+	/*
+	 * global list of all groups receiving events from fsnotify.
+	 * anchored by fsnotify_groups and protected by either fsnotify_grp_mutex
+	 * or fsnotify_grp_srcu depending on write vs read.
+	 */
+	struct list_head group_list;
+
+	/*
+	 * Defines all of the event types in which this group is interested.
+	 * This mask is a bitwise OR of the FS_* events from above.  Each time
+	 * this mask changes for a group (if it changes) the correct functions
+	 * must be called to update the global structures which indicate global
+	 * interest in event types.
+	 */
+	__u32 mask;
+
+	/*
+	 * How the refcnt is used is up to each group.  When the refcnt hits 0
+	 * fsnotify will clean up all of the resources associated with this group.
+	 * As an example, the dnotify group will always have a refcnt=1 and that
+	 * will never change.  Inotify, on the other hand, has a group per
+	 * inotify_init() and the refcnt will hit 0 only when that fd has been
+	 * closed.
+	 */
+	atomic_t refcnt;		/* things with interest in this group */
+	unsigned int group_num;		/* simply prevents accidental group collision */
+
+	const struct fsnotify_ops *ops;	/* how this group handles things */
+
+	/* prevents double list_del of group_list.  protected by global fsnotify_gr_mutex */
+	bool on_group_list;
+
+	/* groups can define private fields here or use the void *private */
+	union {
+		void *private;
+	};
+};
+
+/*
+ * all of the information about the original object we want to now send to
+ * a group.  If you want to carry more info from the accessing task to the
+ * listener this structure is where you need to be adding fields.
+ */
+struct fsnotify_event {
+	spinlock_t lock;	/* protection for the associated event_holder and private_list */
+	/* to_tell may ONLY be dereferenced during handle_event(). */
+	struct inode *to_tell;	/* either the inode the event happened to or its parent */
+	/*
+	 * depending on the event type we should have either a path or inode
+	 * We hold a reference on path, but NOT on inode.  Since we have the ref on
+	 * the path, it may be dereferenced at any point during this object's
+	 * lifetime.  That reference is dropped when this object's refcnt hits
+	 * 0.  If this event contains an inode instead of a path, the inode may
+	 * ONLY be used during handle_event().
+	 */
+	union {
+		struct path path;
+		struct inode *inode;
+	};
+/* when calling fsnotify tell it if the data is a path or inode */
+#define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE	0
+#define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH	1
+#define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE	2
+#define FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE	3
+	int data_type;		/* which of the above union we have */
+	atomic_t refcnt;	/* how many groups still are using/need to send this event */
+	__u32 mask;		/* the type of access, bitwise OR for FS_* event types */
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
+
+/* called from the vfs helpers */
+
+/* main fsnotify call to send events */
+extern void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is);
+
+
+/* called from fsnotify listeners, such as fanotify or dnotify */
+
+/* must call when a group changes its ->mask */
+extern void fsnotify_recalc_global_mask(void);
+/* get a reference to an existing or create a new group */
+extern struct fsnotify_group *fsnotify_obtain_group(unsigned int group_num,
+						    __u32 mask,
+						    const struct fsnotify_ops *ops);
+/* drop reference on a group from fsnotify_obtain_group */
+extern void fsnotify_put_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
+
+/* take a reference to an event */
+extern void fsnotify_get_event(struct fsnotify_event *event);
+extern void fsnotify_put_event(struct fsnotify_event *event);
+/* find private data previously attached to an event */
+extern struct fsnotify_event_private_data *fsnotify_get_priv_from_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
+									struct fsnotify_event *event);
+
+/* put here because inotify does some weird stuff when destroying watches */
+extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
+						    void *data, int data_is);
+#else
+
+static inline void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is)
+{}
+#endif	/* CONFIG_FSNOTIFY */
+
+#endif	/* __KERNEL __ */
+
+#endif	/* __LINUX_FSNOTIFY_BACKEND_H */