Merge tag 'v4.1.39' into toradex_vf_4.1-nexttoradex_vf_4.1

Linux 4.1.39

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/group.c b/fs/notify/group.c
index d16b62cb2854..18eb30c6bd8f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/group.c
+++ b/fs/notify/group.c
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ static void fsnotify_final_destroy_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Stop queueing new events for this group. Once this function returns
+ * fsnotify_add_event() will not add any new events to the group's queue.
+ */
+void fsnotify_group_stop_queueing(struct fsnotify_group *group)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
+	group->shutdown = true;
+	mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
+}
+
+/*
  * Trying to get rid of a group. Remove all marks, flush all events and release
  * the group reference.
  * Note that another thread calling fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group() may still
@@ -47,6 +58,14 @@ static void fsnotify_final_destroy_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
  */
 void fsnotify_destroy_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Stop queueing new events. The code below is careful enough to not
+	 * require this but fanotify needs to stop queuing events even before
+	 * fsnotify_destroy_group() is called and this makes the other callers
+	 * of fsnotify_destroy_group() to see the same behavior.
+	 */
+	fsnotify_group_stop_queueing(group);
+
 	/* clear all inode marks for this group */
 	fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group(group);