linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/20] fsnotify: correctly handle return codes from listeners

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Date:	Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:32:03 -0400
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	agruen@...e.de, tvrtko.ursulin@...hos.com
Subject: [PATCH 05/20] fsnotify: correctly handle return codes from listeners

When fsnotify groups return errors they are ignored.  For permissions
events these should be passed back up the stack, but for most events these
should continue to be ignored.

Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
---

 fs/notify/fsnotify.c             |   20 ++++++++++++--------
 include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 4498a20..57ecadd 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -252,20 +252,23 @@ int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,
 
 		if (inode_group > vfsmount_group) {
 			/* handle inode */
-			send_to_group(to_tell, NULL, inode_mark, NULL, mask, data,
-				      data_is, cookie, file_name, &event);
+			ret = send_to_group(to_tell, NULL, inode_mark, NULL, mask, data,
+					    data_is, cookie, file_name, &event);
 			/* we didn't use the vfsmount_mark */
 			vfsmount_group = NULL;
 		} else if (vfsmount_group > inode_group) {
-			send_to_group(to_tell, mnt, NULL, vfsmount_mark, mask, data,
-				      data_is, cookie, file_name, &event);
+			ret = send_to_group(to_tell, mnt, NULL, vfsmount_mark, mask, data,
+					    data_is, cookie, file_name, &event);
 			inode_group = NULL;
 		} else {
-			send_to_group(to_tell, mnt, inode_mark, vfsmount_mark,
-				      mask, data, data_is, cookie, file_name,
-				      &event);
+			ret = send_to_group(to_tell, mnt, inode_mark, vfsmount_mark,
+					    mask, data, data_is, cookie, file_name,
+					    &event);
 		}
 
+		if (ret && (mask & ALL_FSNOTIFY_PERM_EVENTS))
+			goto out;
+
 		if (inode_group)
 			inode_node = srcu_dereference(inode_node->next,
 						      &fsnotify_mark_srcu);
@@ -273,7 +276,8 @@ int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,
 			vfsmount_node = srcu_dereference(vfsmount_node->next,
 							 &fsnotify_mark_srcu);
 	}
-
+	ret = 0;
+out:
 	srcu_read_unlock(&fsnotify_mark_srcu, idx);
 	/*
 	 * fsnotify_create_event() took a reference so the event can't be cleaned
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 8253295..0268921 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
 
 #define FS_MOVE			(FS_MOVED_FROM | FS_MOVED_TO)
 
+#define ALL_FSNOTIFY_PERM_EVENTS (FS_OPEN_PERM | FS_ACCESS_PERM)
+
 #define ALL_FSNOTIFY_EVENTS (FS_ACCESS | FS_MODIFY | FS_ATTRIB | \
 			     FS_CLOSE_WRITE | FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE | FS_OPEN | \
 			     FS_MOVED_FROM | FS_MOVED_TO | FS_CREATE | \

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