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-rw-r--r--fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 22fb1cf7e1fc..95d7d8790bc3 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -1591,11 +1591,10 @@ static int fanotify_test_fid(struct dentry *dentry)
* We need to make sure that the file system supports at least
* encoding a file handle so user can use name_to_handle_at() to
* compare fid returned with event to the file handle of watched
- * objects. However, name_to_handle_at() requires that the
- * filesystem also supports decoding file handles.
+ * objects. However, even the relaxed AT_HANDLE_FID flag requires
+ * at least empty export_operations for ecoding unique file ids.
*/
- if (!dentry->d_sb->s_export_op ||
- !dentry->d_sb->s_export_op->fh_to_dentry)
+ if (!dentry->d_sb->s_export_op)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
return 0;