From b9efe8a234ad874a049460417c54680338f96360 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:21:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new helper - inotify_clone_watch() Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/inotify.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/inotify.c') diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c index 7457501b956..4b2469bb655 100644 --- a/fs/inotify.c +++ b/fs/inotify.c @@ -666,6 +666,41 @@ out: } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inotify_add_watch); +/** + * inotify_clone_watch - put the watch next to existing one + * @old: already installed watch + * @new: new watch + * + * Caller must hold the inotify_mutex of inode we are dealing with; + * it is expected to remove the old watch before unlocking the inode. + */ +s32 inotify_clone_watch(struct inotify_watch *old, struct inotify_watch *new) +{ + struct inotify_handle *ih = old->ih; + int ret = 0; + + new->mask = old->mask; + new->ih = ih; + + mutex_lock(&ih->mutex); + + /* Initialize a new watch */ + ret = inotify_handle_get_wd(ih, new); + if (unlikely(ret)) + goto out; + ret = new->wd; + + get_inotify_handle(ih); + + new->inode = igrab(old->inode); + + list_add(&new->h_list, &ih->watches); + list_add(&new->i_list, &old->inode->inotify_watches); +out: + mutex_unlock(&ih->mutex); + return ret; +} + /** * inotify_rm_wd - remove a watch from an inotify instance * @ih: inotify handle -- cgit v1.2.3