[PATCH 1/1] Avoid having to provide a fake/invalid fd and path

[xypron . glpk]

From: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>

https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/1/12/112
holds a patch by Tvrtko Ursulin

  Avoid having to provide a fake/invalid fd and path when flushing marks

  Currently for a group to flush marks it has set it needs to
  provide a fake or invalid (but resolvable) file descriptor
  and path when calling fanotify_mark. This patch pulls the
  flush handling a bit up so file descriptor and path are
  completely ignored when flushing.

Eric wrote it was applied.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/1/19/321

Unfortunately it is still not in the main stream code and the problem remains.

I reworked the patch to be applicable again (the signature of fanotify_mark
has changed since Tvrtko's work).

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>
---
 fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c |   17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 287a22c..05bb38a 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -856,6 +856,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fanotify_mark, int, fanotify_fd, unsigned int, flags,
 	    group->priority == FS_PRIO_0)
 		goto fput_and_out;
 
+	if (flags & FAN_MARK_FLUSH) {
+		ret = 0;
+		if (flags & FAN_MARK_MOUNT)
+			fsnotify_clear_vfsmount_marks_by_group(group);
+		else
+			fsnotify_clear_inode_marks_by_group(group);
+		goto fput_and_out;
+	}
+
 	ret = fanotify_find_path(dfd, pathname, &path, flags);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fput_and_out;
@@ -867,7 +876,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fanotify_mark, int, fanotify_fd, unsigned int, flags,
 		mnt = path.mnt;
 
 	/* create/update an inode mark */
-	switch (flags & (FAN_MARK_ADD | FAN_MARK_REMOVE | FAN_MARK_FLUSH)) {
+	switch (flags & (FAN_MARK_ADD | FAN_MARK_REMOVE)) {
 	case FAN_MARK_ADD:
 		if (flags & FAN_MARK_MOUNT)
 			ret = fanotify_add_vfsmount_mark(group, mnt, mask, flags);
@@ -880,12 +889,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fanotify_mark, int, fanotify_fd, unsigned int, flags,
 		else
 			ret = fanotify_remove_inode_mark(group, inode, mask, flags);
 		break;
-	case FAN_MARK_FLUSH:
-		if (flags & FAN_MARK_MOUNT)
-			fsnotify_clear_vfsmount_marks_by_group(group);
-		else
-			fsnotify_clear_inode_marks_by_group(group);
-		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
-- 
1.7.10.4

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