[PATCH] new helper - inotify_evict_watch()
Kicks the watch out without dropping it. Called under ->inotify_mutex
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c
index 4b2469b..2c5b921 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/inotify.c
@@ -701,6 +701,14 @@
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 e76e227..742b917 100644
--- a/include/linux/inotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/inotify.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
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 *,
