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linux/fs/notify/fsnotify.h
Eric Paris 4ca763523e fsnotify: add groups to fsnotify_inode_groups when registering inode watch
Currently all fsnotify groups are added immediately to the
fsnotify_inode_groups list upon creation.  This means, even groups with no
watches (common for audit) will be on the global tracking list and will
get checked for every event.  This patch adds groups to the global list on
when the first inode mark is added to the group.

Signed-of-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2010-07-28 09:58:51 -04:00

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#ifndef __FS_NOTIFY_FSNOTIFY_H_
#define __FS_NOTIFY_FSNOTIFY_H_
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
#include <linux/srcu.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
/* protects reads of fsnotify_groups */
extern struct srcu_struct fsnotify_grp_srcu;
/* all groups which receive inode fsnotify events */
extern struct list_head fsnotify_inode_groups;
/* all bitwise OR of all event types (FS_*) for all fsnotify_inode_groups */
extern __u32 fsnotify_inode_mask;
/* destroy all events sitting in this groups notification queue */
extern void fsnotify_flush_notify(struct fsnotify_group *group);
/* add a group to the inode group list */
extern void fsnotify_add_inode_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
/* final kfree of a group */
extern void fsnotify_final_destroy_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
/* run the list of all marks associated with inode and flag them to be freed */
extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_inode(struct inode *inode);
/*
* update the dentry->d_flags of all of inode's children to indicate if inode cares
* about events that happen to its children.
*/
extern void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode);
/* allocate and destroy and event holder to attach events to notification/access queues */
extern struct fsnotify_event_holder *fsnotify_alloc_event_holder(void);
extern void fsnotify_destroy_event_holder(struct fsnotify_event_holder *holder);
#endif /* __FS_NOTIFY_FSNOTIFY_H_ */