tree 26d2c8028c7a1b619e08efe87ca17ac48cb62b98
parent 3185a88ce37490938d56119c474aa48616d386e8
author Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> 1401923140 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1401926032 -0700

fanotify: FAN_MARK_FLUSH: avoid having to provide a fake/invalid fd and path

Originally from Tvrtko Ursulin (https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/1/12/112)

Avoid having to provide a fake/invalid fd and path when flushing marks

Currently for a group to flush marks it has set it needs to provide a
fake or invalid (but resolvable) file descriptor and path when calling
fanotify_mark.  This patch pulls the flush handling a bit up so file
descriptor and path are completely ignored when flushing.

I reworked the patch to be applicable again (the signature of
fanotify_mark has changed since Tvrtko's work).

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@onelan.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>