kernel/linux.git/fs/notify/inotify, branch v6.12.91

fdget(), trivial conversions

2026-05-23T11:04:35+00:00

[ Upstream commit 6348be02eead77bdd1562154ed6b3296ad3b3750 ] fdget() is the first thing done in scope, all matching fdput() are immediately followed by leaving the scope. Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Al Viro Stable-dep-of: 66052a768d47 ("fanotify: call fanotify_events_supported() before path_permission() and security_path_notify()") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

inotify: fix watch count leak when fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails

2026-05-07T04:09:39+00:00

commit 6a320935fa4293e9e599ec9f85dc9eb3be7029f8 upstream. When fsnotify_add_inode_mark_locked() fails in inotify_new_watch(), the error path calls inotify_remove_from_idr() but does not call dec_inotify_watches() to undo the preceding inc_inotify_watches(). This leaks a watch count, and repeated failures can exhaust the max_user_watches limit with -ENOSPC even when no watches are active. Prior to commit 1cce1eea0aff ("inotify: Convert to using per-namespace limits"), the watch count was incremented after fsnotify_add_mark_locked() succeeded, so this path was not affected. The conversion moved inc_inotify_watches() before the mark insertion without adding the corresponding rollback. Add the missing dec_inotify_watches() call in the error path. Fixes: 1cce1eea0aff ("inotify: Convert to using per-namespace limits") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Chia-Ming Chang Signed-off-by: robbieko Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224093442.3076294-1-chiamingc@synology.com Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

fsnotify: Avoid data race between fsnotify_recalc_mask() and fsnotify_object_watched()

2024-10-02T13:11:40+00:00

When __fsnotify_recalc_mask() recomputes the mask on the watched object, the compiler can "optimize" the code to perform partial updates to the mask (including zeroing it at the beginning). Thus places checking the object mask without conn->lock such as fsnotify_object_watched() could see invalid states of the mask. Make sure the mask update is performed by one memory store using WRITE_ONCE(). Reported-by: syzbot+701037856c25b143f1ad@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CACT4Y+Zk0ohwwwHSD63U2-PQ=UuamXczr1mKBD6xtj2dyYKBvA@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240717140623.27768-1-jack@suse.cz

introduce fd_file(), convert all accessors to it.

2024-08-13T02:00:43+00:00

For any changes of struct fd representation we need to turn existing accesses to fields into calls of wrappers. Accesses to struct fd::flags are very few (3 in linux/file.h, 1 in net/socket.c, 3 in fs/overlayfs/file.c and 3 more in explicit initializers). Those can be dealt with in the commit converting to new layout; accesses to struct fd::file are too many for that. This commit converts (almost) all of f.file to fd_file(f). It's not entirely mechanical ('file' is used as a member name more than just in struct fd) and it does not even attempt to distinguish the uses in pointer context from those in boolean context; the latter will be eventually turned into a separate helper (fd_empty()). NOTE: mass conversion to fd_empty(), tempting as it might be, is a bad idea; better do that piecewise in commit that convert from fdget...() to CLASS(...). [conflicts in fs/fhandle.c, kernel/bpf/syscall.c, mm/memcontrol.c caught by git; fs/stat.c one got caught by git grep] [fs/xattr.c conflict] Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Al Viro

fsnotify: create a wrapper fsnotify_find_inode_mark()

2024-04-04T14:24:16+00:00

In preparation to passing an object pointer to fsnotify_find_mark(), add a wrapper fsnotify_find_inode_mark() and use it where possible. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Message-Id: <20240317184154.1200192-4-amir73il@gmail.com>

fs: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array

2023-12-28T12:57:57+00:00

This commit comes at the tail end of a greater effort to remove the empty elements at the end of the ctl_table arrays (sentinels) which will reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time memory bloat by ~64 bytes per sentinel (further information Link : https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZO5Yx5JFogGi%2FcBo@bombadil.infradead.org/) Remove sentinel elements ctl_table struct. Special attention was placed in making sure that an empty directory for fs/verity was created when CONFIG_FS_VERITY_BUILTIN_SIGNATURES is not defined. In this case we use the register sysctl call that expects a size. Signed-off-by: Joel Granados Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" Acked-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain

treewide: mark stuff as __ro_after_init

2023-10-18T21:43:23+00:00

__read_mostly predates __ro_after_init. Many variables which are marked __read_mostly should have been __ro_after_init from day 1. Also, mark some stuff as "const" and "__init" while I'm at it. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: revert sysctl_nr_open_min, sysctl_nr_open_max changes due to arm warning] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style cleanups] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/4f6bb9c0-abba-4ee4-a7aa-89265e886817@p183 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

inotify: Avoid reporting event with invalid wd

2023-04-25T10:36:55+00:00

When inotify_freeing_mark() races with inotify_handle_inode_event() it can happen that inotify_handle_inode_event() sees that i_mark->wd got already reset to -1 and reports this value to userspace which can confuse the inotify listener. Avoid the problem by validating that wd is sensible (and pretend the mark got removed before the event got generated otherwise). CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 7e790dd5fc93 ("inotify: fix error paths in inotify_update_watch") Message-Id: <20230424163219.9250-1-jack@suse.cz> Reported-by: syzbot+4a06d4373fd52f0b2f9c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

fs: inotify: Fix typo in inotify comment

2022-07-01T12:49:56+00:00

Correct spelling in comment. Signed-off-by: Oliver Ford Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220518145959.41-1-ojford@gmail.com

inotify: use fsnotify group lock helpers

2022-04-25T12:37:24+00:00

inotify inode marks pin the inode so there is no need to set the FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS flag. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220422120327.3459282-8-amir73il@gmail.com Suggested-by: Jan Kara Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220321112310.vpr7oxro2xkz5llh@quack3.lan/ Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara