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-rw-r--r--include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 7380763595d3..69ad89b50489 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -329,9 +329,15 @@ static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
{
struct dentry *parent;
- assert_spin_locked(&dcache_lock);
assert_spin_locked(&dentry->d_lock);
+ /*
+ * Serialisation of setting PARENT_WATCHED on the dentries is provided
+ * by d_lock. If inotify_inode_watched changes after we have taken
+ * d_lock, the following __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags call will
+ * find our entry, so it will spin until we complete here, and update
+ * us with the new state.
+ */
parent = dentry->d_parent;
if (parent->d_inode && fsnotify_inode_watches_children(parent->d_inode))
dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
@@ -341,15 +347,12 @@ static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
/*
* fsnotify_d_instantiate - instantiate a dentry for inode
- * Called with dcache_lock held.
*/
static inline void __fsnotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
{
if (!inode)
return;
- assert_spin_locked(&dcache_lock);
-
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
__fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(dentry);
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);