sendfile: allows bypassing of notifier events
do_sendfile() in fs/read_write.c does not call the fsnotify functions,
unlike its neighbors. This manifests as a lack of inotify ACCESS events
when a file is sent using sendfile(2).
Addresses
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12812
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: use fsnotify_modify(out.file), not fsnotify_access(), per Dave]
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Scott Wolchok <swolchok@umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 1edaf09..bb34af3 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -935,6 +935,8 @@
if (retval > 0) {
add_rchar(current, retval);
add_wchar(current, retval);
+ fsnotify_access(in.file);
+ fsnotify_modify(out.file);
}
inc_syscr(current);