diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index d1144d7c3536..df0fa4687a18 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ static inline int fsnotify_name(__u32 mask, const void *data, int data_type,
static inline void fsnotify_dirent(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
__u32 mask)
{
- fsnotify_name(mask, d_inode(dentry), FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE,
- dir, &dentry->d_name, 0);
+ fsnotify_name(mask, dentry, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_DENTRY, dir, &dentry->d_name, 0);
}
static inline void fsnotify_inode(struct inode *inode, __u32 mask)@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ static inline int fsnotify_parent(struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask,
*/
static inline void fsnotify_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
{
- fsnotify_parent(dentry, mask, d_inode(dentry), FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
+ fsnotify_parent(dentry, mask, dentry, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_DENTRY);
}
static inline int fsnotify_file(struct file *file, __u32 mask)diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 1ce66748a2d2..a2db821e8a8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ enum fsnotify_data_type {
FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE,
FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH,
FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE,
+ FSNOTIFY_EVENT_DENTRY,
};
static inline struct inode *fsnotify_data_inode(const void *data, int data_type)@@ -255,6 +256,8 @@ static inline struct inode *fsnotify_data_inode(const void *data, int data_type)
switch (data_type) {
case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE:
return (struct inode *)data;
+ case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_DENTRY:
+ return d_inode(data);
case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH:
return d_inode(((const struct path *)data)->dentry);
default:@@ -262,6 +265,19 @@ static inline struct inode *fsnotify_data_inode(const void *data, int data_type)
}
}
+static inline struct dentry *fsnotify_data_dentry(const void *data, int data_type)
+{
+ switch (data_type) {
+ case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_DENTRY:
+ /* Non const is needed for dget() */
+ return (struct dentry *)data;
+ case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH:
+ return ((const struct path *)data)->dentry;
+ default:
+ return NULL;
+ }
+}
+
static inline const struct path *fsnotify_data_path(const void *data,
int data_type)
{--
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