@@ -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).