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author | Dave Airlie | 2014-12-02 10:58:33 +1000 |
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committer | Dave Airlie | 2014-12-02 10:58:33 +1000 |
commit | e8115e79aa62b6ebdb3e8e61ca4092cc32938afc (patch) | |
tree | 42b791ab54ef9d5c73dcd49f907b8b37fa2f7e19 /fs/notify/mark.c | |
parent | 9be23ae4350bfd71c0cc2ea3494671ee90e5603b (diff) | |
parent | 009d0431c3914de64666bec0d350e54fdd59df6a (diff) |
Merge tag 'v3.18-rc7' into drm-next
This fixes a bunch of conflicts prior to merging i915 tree.
Linux 3.18-rc7
Conflicts:
drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_drv.c
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dc.c
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/notify/mark.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/notify/mark.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c index d90deaa08e78..34c38fabf514 100644 --- a/fs/notify/mark.c +++ b/fs/notify/mark.c @@ -210,6 +210,42 @@ void fsnotify_set_mark_ignored_mask_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, __u32 mas } /* + * Sorting function for lists of fsnotify marks. + * + * Fanotify supports different notification classes (reflected as priority of + * notification group). Events shall be passed to notification groups in + * decreasing priority order. To achieve this marks in notification lists for + * inodes and vfsmounts are sorted so that priorities of corresponding groups + * are descending. + * + * Furthermore correct handling of the ignore mask requires processing inode + * and vfsmount marks of each group together. Using the group address as + * further sort criterion provides a unique sorting order and thus we can + * merge inode and vfsmount lists of marks in linear time and find groups + * present in both lists. + * + * A return value of 1 signifies that b has priority over a. + * A return value of 0 signifies that the two marks have to be handled together. + * A return value of -1 signifies that a has priority over b. + */ +int fsnotify_compare_groups(struct fsnotify_group *a, struct fsnotify_group *b) +{ + if (a == b) + return 0; + if (!a) + return 1; + if (!b) + return -1; + if (a->priority < b->priority) + return 1; + if (a->priority > b->priority) + return -1; + if (a < b) + return 1; + return -1; +} + +/* * Attach an initialized mark to a given group and fs object. * These marks may be used for the fsnotify backend to determine which * event types should be delivered to which group. |