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kernfs: do not call fsnotify() with name without a parent
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When creating an FS_MODIFY event on inode itself (not on parent)
the file_name argument should be NULL.

The change to send a non NULL name to inode itself was done on purpuse
as part of another commit, as Tejun writes: "...While at it, supply the
target file name to fsnotify() from kernfs_node->name.".

But this is wrong practice and inconsistent with inotify behavior when
watching a single file.  When a child is being watched (as opposed to the
parent directory) the inotify event should contain the watch descriptor,
but not the file name.

Fixes: df6a58c ("kernfs: don't depend on d_find_any_alias()...")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200708111156.24659-5-amir73il@gmail.com
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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amir73il authored and gregkh committed Aug 19, 2020
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion fs/kernfs/file.c
Expand Up @@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static void kernfs_notify_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
}

fsnotify(inode, FS_MODIFY, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE,
&name, 0);
NULL, 0);
iput(inode);
}

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