# \[PATCH v3 06/15\] fsnotify: Add helper to detect overflow\_event

- From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-06-29 19:12:31 
- List: linux-ext4
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-ext4/2021/06/208955
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fsdevel/2021/06/208949/t.md

```text
Similarly to fanotify_is_perm_event and friends, provide a helper
predicate to say whether a mask is of an overflow event.

Suggested-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <redacted>
---
 fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h    | 3 ++-
 include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
index fd125a949187..2e005b3a75f2 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ static inline struct path *fanotify_event_path(struct fanotify_event *event)
  */
 static inline bool fanotify_is_hashed_event(u32 mask)
 {
-	return !fanotify_is_perm_event(mask) && !(mask & FS_Q_OVERFLOW);
+	return !(fanotify_is_perm_event(mask) ||
+		 fsnotify_is_overflow_event(mask));
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int fanotify_event_hash_bucket(
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index c4473b467c28..f9e2c6cd0f7d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -495,6 +495,11 @@ static inline void fsnotify_queue_overflow(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 	fsnotify_add_event(group, group->overflow_event, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+static inline bool fsnotify_is_overflow_event(u32 mask)
+{
+	return mask & FS_Q_OVERFLOW;
+}
+
 static inline bool fsnotify_notify_queue_is_empty(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
 	assert_spin_locked(&group->notification_lock);
-- 
2.32.0

```
