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authorEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>2009-05-22 01:01:50 +0400
committerEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>2009-06-11 22:57:54 +0400
commite4aff117368cfdd3567ee41844d216d079b55173 (patch)
treec467bc38edc7ba3154bbf6875dca635b855e1c8c /fs/notify
parent47882c6f51e8ef41fbbe2bbb746a1ea3228dd7ca (diff)
downloadlinux-e4aff117368cfdd3567ee41844d216d079b55173.tar.xz
fsnotify: allow groups to add private data to events
inotify needs per group information attached to events. This patch allows groups to attach private information and implements a callback so that information can be freed when an event is being destroyed. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/notify')
-rw-r--r--fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c1
-rw-r--r--fs/notify/notification.c52
2 files changed, 49 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index d9d80f502c6f..12f9e6b1ffe2 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ static struct fsnotify_ops dnotify_fsnotify_ops = {
.should_send_event = dnotify_should_send_event,
.free_group_priv = NULL,
.freeing_mark = dnotify_freeing_mark,
+ .free_event_priv = NULL,
};
/*
diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index 346f6e5c3553..959b73e756fd 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ void fsnotify_put_event(struct fsnotify_event *event)
if (event->data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)
path_put(&event->path);
+ BUG_ON(!list_empty(&event->private_data_list));
+
kfree(event->file_name);
kmem_cache_free(fsnotify_event_cachep, event);
}
@@ -106,7 +108,29 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_event_holder(struct fsnotify_event_holder *holder)
}
/*
- * check if 2 events contain the same information.
+ * Find the private data that the group previously attached to this event when
+ * the group added the event to the notification queue (fsnotify_add_notify_event)
+ */
+struct fsnotify_event_private_data *fsnotify_remove_priv_from_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_event *event)
+{
+ struct fsnotify_event_private_data *lpriv;
+ struct fsnotify_event_private_data *priv = NULL;
+
+ assert_spin_locked(&event->lock);
+
+ list_for_each_entry(lpriv, &event->private_data_list, event_list) {
+ if (lpriv->group == group) {
+ priv = lpriv;
+ list_del(&priv->event_list);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ return priv;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if 2 events contain the same information. We do not compare private data
+ * but at this moment that isn't a problem for any know fsnotify listeners.
*/
static bool event_compare(struct fsnotify_event *old, struct fsnotify_event *new)
{
@@ -134,13 +158,17 @@ static bool event_compare(struct fsnotify_event *old, struct fsnotify_event *new
* event off the queue to deal with. If the event is successfully added to the
* group's notification queue, a reference is taken on event.
*/
-int fsnotify_add_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_event *event)
+int fsnotify_add_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_event *event,
+ struct fsnotify_event_private_data *priv)
{
struct fsnotify_event_holder *holder = NULL;
struct list_head *list = &group->notification_list;
struct fsnotify_event_holder *last_holder;
struct fsnotify_event *last_event;
+ /* easy to tell if priv was attached to the event */
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->event_list);
+
/*
* There is one fsnotify_event_holder embedded inside each fsnotify_event.
* Check if we expect to be able to use that holder. If not alloc a new
@@ -158,8 +186,11 @@ alloc_holder:
mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
- if (group->q_len >= group->max_events)
+ if (group->q_len >= group->max_events) {
event = &q_overflow_event;
+ /* sorry, no private data on the overflow event */
+ priv = NULL;
+ }
spin_lock(&event->lock);
@@ -183,7 +214,7 @@ alloc_holder:
mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
if (holder != &event->holder)
fsnotify_destroy_event_holder(holder);
- return 0;
+ return -EEXIST;
}
}
@@ -192,6 +223,8 @@ alloc_holder:
fsnotify_get_event(event);
list_add_tail(&holder->event_list, list);
+ if (priv)
+ list_add_tail(&priv->event_list, &event->private_data_list);
spin_unlock(&event->lock);
mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
@@ -252,10 +285,19 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_peek_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group)
void fsnotify_flush_notify(struct fsnotify_group *group)
{
struct fsnotify_event *event;
+ struct fsnotify_event_private_data *priv;
mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
while (!fsnotify_notify_queue_is_empty(group)) {
event = fsnotify_remove_notify_event(group);
+ /* if they don't implement free_event_priv they better not have attached any */
+ if (group->ops->free_event_priv) {
+ spin_lock(&event->lock);
+ priv = fsnotify_remove_priv_from_event(group, event);
+ spin_unlock(&event->lock);
+ if (priv)
+ group->ops->free_event_priv(priv);
+ }
fsnotify_put_event(event); /* matches fsnotify_add_notify_event */
}
mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
@@ -274,6 +316,8 @@ static void initialize_event(struct fsnotify_event *event)
event->inode = NULL;
event->data_type = FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE;
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->private_data_list);
+
event->to_tell = NULL;
event->file_name = NULL;