fsnotify: add marks to inodes so groups can interpret how to handle those inodes
[linux-2.6/x86.git] / fs / notify / fsnotify.c
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19 #include <linux/dcache.h>
20 #include <linux/fs.h>
21 #include <linux/init.h>
22 #include <linux/module.h>
23 #include <linux/srcu.h>
25 #include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
26 #include "fsnotify.h"
29 * Clear all of the marks on an inode when it is being evicted from core
31 void __fsnotify_inode_delete(struct inode *inode)
33 fsnotify_clear_marks_by_inode(inode);
35 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__fsnotify_inode_delete);
38 * This is the main call to fsnotify. The VFS calls into hook specific functions
39 * in linux/fsnotify.h. Those functions then in turn call here. Here will call
40 * out to all of the registered fsnotify_group. Those groups can then use the
41 * notification event in whatever means they feel necessary.
43 void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is)
45 struct fsnotify_group *group;
46 struct fsnotify_event *event = NULL;
47 int idx;
49 if (list_empty(&fsnotify_groups))
50 return;
52 if (!(mask & fsnotify_mask))
53 return;
55 if (!(mask & to_tell->i_fsnotify_mask))
56 return;
58 * SRCU!! the groups list is very very much read only and the path is
59 * very hot. The VAST majority of events are not going to need to do
60 * anything other than walk the list so it's crazy to pre-allocate.
62 idx = srcu_read_lock(&fsnotify_grp_srcu);
63 list_for_each_entry_rcu(group, &fsnotify_groups, group_list) {
64 if (mask & group->mask) {
65 if (!group->ops->should_send_event(group, to_tell, mask))
66 continue;
67 if (!event) {
68 event = fsnotify_create_event(to_tell, mask, data, data_is);
69 /* shit, we OOM'd and now we can't tell, maybe
70 * someday someone else will want to do something
71 * here */
72 if (!event)
73 break;
75 group->ops->handle_event(group, event);
78 srcu_read_unlock(&fsnotify_grp_srcu, idx);
80 * fsnotify_create_event() took a reference so the event can't be cleaned
81 * up while we are still trying to add it to lists, drop that one.
83 if (event)
84 fsnotify_put_event(event);
86 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsnotify);
88 static __init int fsnotify_init(void)
90 return init_srcu_struct(&fsnotify_grp_srcu);
92 subsys_initcall(fsnotify_init);