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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc., Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/srcu.h>
+
+#include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
+#include "fsnotify.h"
+
+/*
+ * This is the main call to fsnotify. The VFS calls into hook specific functions
+ * in linux/fsnotify.h. Those functions then in turn call here. Here will call
+ * out to all of the registered fsnotify_group. Those groups can then use the
+ * notification event in whatever means they feel necessary.
+ */
+void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is)
+{
+ struct fsnotify_group *group;
+ struct fsnotify_event *event = NULL;
+ int idx;
+
+ if (list_empty(&fsnotify_groups))
+ return;
+
+ if (!(mask & fsnotify_mask))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * SRCU!! the groups list is very very much read only and the path is
+ * very hot. The VAST majority of events are not going to need to do
+ * anything other than walk the list so it's crazy to pre-allocate.
+ */
+ idx = srcu_read_lock(&fsnotify_grp_srcu);
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(group, &fsnotify_groups, group_list) {
+ if (mask & group->mask) {
+ if (!event) {
+ event = fsnotify_create_event(to_tell, mask, data, data_is);
+ /* shit, we OOM'd and now we can't tell, maybe
+ * someday someone else will want to do something
+ * here */
+ if (!event)
+ break;
+ }
+ group->ops->handle_event(group, event);
+ }
+ }
+ srcu_read_unlock(&fsnotify_grp_srcu, idx);
+ /*
+ * fsnotify_create_event() took a reference so the event can't be cleaned
+ * up while we are still trying to add it to lists, drop that one.
+ */
+ if (event)
+ fsnotify_put_event(event);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsnotify);
+
+static __init int fsnotify_init(void)
+{
+ return init_srcu_struct(&fsnotify_grp_srcu);
+}
+subsys_initcall(fsnotify_init);
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