From 455434d450a358ac5bcf3fc58f8913d13c544622 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:22:59 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] new helper - inotify_evict_watch() Kicks the watch out without dropping it. Called under ->inotify_mutex Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/inotify.c | 8 ++++++++ include/linux/inotify.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c index 4b2469bb65..2c5b921528 100644 --- a/fs/inotify.c +++ b/fs/inotify.c @@ -701,6 +701,14 @@ out: return ret; } +void inotify_evict_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch) +{ + get_inotify_watch(watch); + mutex_lock(&watch->ih->mutex); + inotify_remove_watch_locked(watch->ih, watch); + mutex_unlock(&watch->ih->mutex); +} + /** * inotify_rm_wd - remove a watch from an inotify instance * @ih: inotify handle diff --git a/include/linux/inotify.h b/include/linux/inotify.h index e76e2272e2..742b917e7d 100644 --- a/include/linux/inotify.h +++ b/include/linux/inotify.h @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ extern __s32 inotify_find_update_watch(struct inotify_handle *, struct inode *, extern __s32 inotify_add_watch(struct inotify_handle *, struct inotify_watch *, struct inode *, __u32); extern __s32 inotify_clone_watch(struct inotify_watch *, struct inotify_watch *); +extern void inotify_evict_watch(struct inotify_watch *); extern int inotify_rm_watch(struct inotify_handle *, struct inotify_watch *); extern int inotify_rm_wd(struct inotify_handle *, __u32); extern void inotify_remove_watch_locked(struct inotify_handle *, -- 2.39.5