linux-kernel - filesystem notification fixes/cleanup

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Date:	Sun,  9 Jun 2013 14:40:41 +0200
From:	Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>
To:	eparis@...hat.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: filesystem notification fixes/cleanup

Hi,

this patch series fixes a couple of races (fanotify/inotify) or simplifies code
(dnotify) by means of the fsnotify groups mark mutex. The last patch updates the
comments in fs/notify/mark.c concerning the changed fsnotify locking implementation.

Regards,
Lino

[PATCH 1/5] fanotify: Fix races when adding/removing marks
[PATCH 2/5] fanotify: Put duplicate code for adding vfsmount/inode
[PATCH 3/5] dnotify: replace dnotify_mark_mutex with mark mutex of
[PATCH 4/5] inotify: fix race when adding a new watch
[PATCH 5/5] fsnotify: update comments concerning locking scheme
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