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[1/2] fsnotify: remove check if file is actually being watched for pre-content events on open

Message ID 20250309115207.908112-2-amir73il@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New
Headers show
Series Fix for potential deadlock in pre-content event | expand

Commit Message

Amir Goldstein March 9, 2025, 11:52 a.m. UTC
Commit 318652e07fa5b ("fsnotify: check if file is actually being watched
for pre-content events on open") added an optimization that may be
premature.

Patially revert this change, leaving only the file type check, so that
we can use the FMODE_FSNOTIFY_HSM() flag to check if there are any
pre-content watches on the filesystem, which is needed in some cases.

If we find that we need the extra optimization we can reconsider adding
it later.

Fixes: 318652e07fa5b ("fsnotify: check if file is actually being watched for pre-content events on open")
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
---
 fs/notify/fsnotify.c | 29 ++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index fae1b6d397ea0..dafcaa6f8075f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -650,9 +650,8 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsnotify);
  */
 void file_set_fsnotify_mode_from_watchers(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry, *parent;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
-	__u32 mnt_mask, p_mask;
 
 	/* Is it a file opened by fanotify? */
 	if (FMODE_FSNOTIFY_NONE(file->f_mode))
@@ -681,30 +680,10 @@  void file_set_fsnotify_mode_from_watchers(struct file *file)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * OK, there are some pre-content watchers. Check if anybody is
-	 * watching for pre-content events on *this* file.
+	 * OK, there are some pre-content watchers on this fs, so
+	 * Enable pre-content events.
 	 */
-	mnt_mask = READ_ONCE(real_mount(file->f_path.mnt)->mnt_fsnotify_mask);
-	if (unlikely(fsnotify_object_watched(d_inode(dentry), mnt_mask,
-				     FSNOTIFY_PRE_CONTENT_EVENTS))) {
-		/* Enable pre-content events */
-		file_set_fsnotify_mode(file, 0);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* Is parent watching for pre-content events on this file? */
-	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED) {
-		parent = dget_parent(dentry);
-		p_mask = fsnotify_inode_watches_children(d_inode(parent));
-		dput(parent);
-		if (p_mask & FSNOTIFY_PRE_CONTENT_EVENTS) {
-			/* Enable pre-content events */
-			file_set_fsnotify_mode(file, 0);
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-	/* Nobody watching for pre-content events from this file */
-	file_set_fsnotify_mode(file, FMODE_NONOTIFY | FMODE_NONOTIFY_PERM);
+	file_set_fsnotify_mode(file, 0);
 }
 #endif