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-rw-r--r--fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index b8d08d0d0a4d..e2893f17dde2 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -702,6 +702,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(inotify_add_watch, int, fd, const char __user *, pathname,
struct fsnotify_group *group;
struct inode *inode;
struct path path;
+ struct path alteredpath;
+ struct path *canonical_path = &path;
struct fd f;
int ret;
unsigned flags = 0;
@@ -741,13 +743,22 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(inotify_add_watch, int, fd, const char __user *, pathname,
if (ret)
goto fput_and_out;
+ /* support stacked filesystems */
+ if(path.dentry && path.dentry->d_op) {
+ if (path.dentry->d_op->d_canonical_path) {
+ path.dentry->d_op->d_canonical_path(&path, &alteredpath);
+ canonical_path = &alteredpath;
+ path_put(&path);
+ }
+ }
+
/* inode held in place by reference to path; group by fget on fd */
- inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
+ inode = canonical_path->dentry->d_inode;
group = f.file->private_data;
/* create/update an inode mark */
ret = inotify_update_watch(group, inode, mask);
- path_put(&path);
+ path_put(canonical_path);
fput_and_out:
fdput(f);
return ret;