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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index 6dc96b35e4a7..bc9470c7ece7 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -284,11 +284,33 @@ static void initialize_event(struct fsnotify_event *event)
spin_lock_init(&event->lock);
- event->data_type = FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE;
-
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->private_data_list);
}
+struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_clone_event(struct fsnotify_event *old_event)
+{
+ struct fsnotify_event *event;
+
+ event = kmem_cache_alloc(fsnotify_event_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!event)
+ return NULL;
+
+ memcpy(event, old_event, sizeof(*event));
+ initialize_event(event);
+
+ if (event->name_len) {
+ event->file_name = kstrdup(old_event->file_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!event->file_name) {
+ kmem_cache_free(fsnotify_event_cachep, event);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ if (event->data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)
+ path_get(&event->path);
+
+ return event;
+}
+
/*
* fsnotify_create_event - Allocate a new event which will be sent to each
* group's handle_event function if the group was interested in this
@@ -324,6 +346,7 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
event->sync_cookie = cookie;
event->to_tell = to_tell;
+ event->data_type = data_type;
switch (data_type) {
case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE: {
@@ -340,12 +363,10 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
event->path.dentry = path->dentry;
event->path.mnt = path->mnt;
path_get(&event->path);
- event->data_type = FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH;
break;
}
case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE:
event->inode = data;
- event->data_type = FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE;
break;
case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE:
event->inode = NULL;