linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1 linux-next] fanotify: fix a lock in fanotify_should_send

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Date:	Sat, 21 Mar 2015 02:01:05 +0100
From:	Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 linux-next] fanotify: fix a lock in fanotify_should_send_event()

On 20.03.2015 22:09, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 21:56:08 +0100 Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be> wrote:
> 
>> ltp/fanotify02 was locked since commit 66ba93c0d7fe
>> ("fanotify: don't set FAN_ONDIR implicitly on a marks ignored mask")
> 
> What does "ltp/fanotify02 was locked" mean?  That this particular test
> failed to exit, or...?
> 
>> --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
>> +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
>> @@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ static bool fanotify_should_send_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	if (d_is_dir(path->dentry) &&
>> -	    !(marks_mask & FS_ISDIR & ~marks_ignored_mask))
>> -		return false;
>> +	    (marks_mask & FS_ISDIR & ~marks_ignored_mask))
>> +		return true;
> 
> Should that be (marks_mask & FS_ISDIR & marks_ignored_mask)?
> 

No, the current logic should be correct, since we want events for
directories if we have FS_ISDIR set in the marks mask but not in its
ignored_mask.

Regards,
Lino
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