---

yaml
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r: 207626
b: refs/heads/master
c: b4e4e14
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 74766bbfa99adf8cb8119df6121851edba21c9d9
+refs/heads/master: b4e4e1407312ae5a267ed7d716e6d4e7120a8430

trunk/fs/notify/notification.c

@@ -284,11 +284,33 @@ static void initialize_event(struct fsnotify_event *event)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&event->lock);
 
-	event->data_type = FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE;
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->private_data_list);
 }
 
+struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_clone_event(struct fsnotify_event *old_event)
+{
+	struct fsnotify_event *event;
+
+	event = kmem_cache_alloc(fsnotify_event_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!event)
+		return NULL;
+
+	memcpy(event, old_event, sizeof(*event));
+	initialize_event(event);
+
+	if (event->name_len) {
+		event->file_name = kstrdup(old_event->file_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!event->file_name) {
+			kmem_cache_free(fsnotify_event_cachep, event);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	if (event->data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)
+		path_get(&event->path);
+
+	return event;
+}
+
 /*
  * fsnotify_create_event - Allocate a new event which will be sent to each
  * group's handle_event function if the group was interested in this
@@ -324,6 +346,7 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
 
 	event->sync_cookie = cookie;
 	event->to_tell = to_tell;
+	event->data_type = data_type;
 
 	switch (data_type) {
 	case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE: {
@@ -340,12 +363,10 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
 		event->path.dentry = path->dentry;
 		event->path.mnt = path->mnt;
 		path_get(&event->path);
-		event->data_type = FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH;
 		break;
 	}
 	case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE:
 		event->inode = data;
-		event->data_type = FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE;
 		break;
 	case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE:
 		event->inode = NULL;

trunk/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h

@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32
 						    void *data, int data_is, const char *name,
 						    u32 cookie, gfp_t gfp);
 
+/* fanotify likes to change events after they are on lists... */
+extern struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_clone_event(struct fsnotify_event *old_event);
+
 #else
 
 static inline void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,