[PATCH] inotify: fix file deletion by rename detection

When a file is moved over an existing file that you are watching,
inotify won't send you a DELETE_SELF event and it won't unref the inode
until the inotify instance is closed by the application.

Signed-off-by: John McCutchan <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Robert Love <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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John McCutchan 2005-08-01 11:00:45 -04:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
commit 7544953685
2 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ int vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
error = vfs_rename_other(old_dir,old_dentry,new_dir,new_dentry);
if (!error) {
const char *new_name = old_dentry->d_name.name;
fsnotify_move(old_dir, new_dir, old_name, new_name, is_dir);
fsnotify_move(old_dir, new_dir, old_name, new_name, is_dir, new_dentry->d_inode);
}
fsnotify_oldname_free(old_name);