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-rw-r--r--fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c17
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 69d1ea3d292a..4da5c6a1134f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static int inotify_find_inode(const char __user *dirname, struct path *path, uns
if (error)
return error;
/* you can only watch an inode if you have read permissions on it */
- error = inode_permission(path->dentry->d_inode, MAY_READ);
+ error = inode_permission2(path->mnt, path->dentry->d_inode, MAY_READ);
if (error)
path_put(path);
return error;
@@ -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;