Re: [PATCH v1 03/12] fsnotify: don't hold a spin_lock across fsnotify_recalc_mask() calls.

[Miklos Szeredi]

On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 at 03:39, NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> @@ -116,11 +117,15 @@ static int dnotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark, u32 mask,
>                 else {
>                         *prev = dn->dn_next;
>                         kmem_cache_free(dnotify_struct_cache, dn);
> -                       dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(inode_mark);
> +                       need_recalc = true;
>                 }
>         }
>
> +       if (need_recalc)
> +               need_recalc = dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(inode_mark);
>         spin_unlock(&inode_mark->lock);
> +       if (need_recalc)
> +               fsnotify_recalc_mask(inode_mark->connector);

Is the fsnotify_group_lock() held in this case?   I don't see it.

Thanks,
Miklos