linux-ext4 - [PATCH v3 05/15] inotify: Don't force FS_IN

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Date:   Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:10:25 -0400
From:   Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
To:     amir73il@...il.com
Cc:     djwong@...nel.org, tytso@....edu, david@...morbit.com,
        jack@...e.com, dhowells@...hat.com, khazhy@...gle.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>,
        kernel@...labora.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 05/15] inotify: Don't force FS_IN_IGNORED

According to Amir:

"FS_IN_IGNORED is completely internal to inotify and there is no need
to set it in i_fsnotify_mask at all, so if we remove the bit from the
output of inotify_arg_to_mask() no functionality will change and we will
be able to overload the event bit for FS_ERROR."

This is done in preparation to overload FS_ERROR with the notification
mechanism in fanotify.

Suggested-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
---
 fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 98f61b31745a..4d17be6dd58d 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ static inline __u32 inotify_arg_to_mask(struct inode *inode, u32 arg)
 	__u32 mask;
 
 	/*
-	 * Everything should accept their own ignored and should receive events
-	 * when the inode is unmounted.  All directories care about children.
+	 * Everything should receive events when the inode is unmounted.
+	 * All directories care about children.
 	 */
-	mask = (FS_IN_IGNORED | FS_UNMOUNT);
+	mask = (FS_UNMOUNT);
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		mask |= FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD;
 
-- 
2.32.0