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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c index ec84fee7ad01..c64d61b673ca 100644 --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c @@ -370,8 +370,14 @@ static int fanotify_encode_fh(struct fanotify_fh *fh, struct inode *inode, fh->type = FILEID_ROOT; fh->len = 0; fh->flags = 0; + + /* + * Invalid FHs are used by FAN_FS_ERROR for errors not + * linked to any inode. The f_handle won't be reported + * back to userspace. + */ if (!inode) - return 0; + goto out; /* * !gpf means preallocated variable size fh, but fh_len could @@ -403,6 +409,7 @@ static int fanotify_encode_fh(struct fanotify_fh *fh, struct inode *inode, fh->type = type; fh->len = fh_len; +out: /* * Mix fh into event merge key. Hash might be NULL in case of * unhashed FID events (i.e. FAN_FS_ERROR). |