4 files changed, 39 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index fdeb36b70c65..30d3addfad75 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -70,8 +70,15 @@ static int fanotify_get_response(struct fsnotify_group *group,
         wait_event(group->fanotify_data.access_waitq, event->response ||
                                 atomic_read(&group->fanotify_data.bypass_perm));
 
-        if (!event->response) /* bypass_perm set */
+        if (!event->response) { /* bypass_perm set */
+                /*
+                 * Event was canceled because group is being destroyed. Remove
+                 * it from group's event list because we are responsible for
+                 * freeing the permission event.
+                 */
+                fsnotify_remove_event(group, &event->fae.fse);
                 return 0;
+        }
 
         /* userspace responded, convert to something usable */
         switch (event->response) {
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index fbf2210823ab..b13992a41bd9 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -359,6 +359,11 @@ static int fanotify_release(struct inode *ignored, struct file *file)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS
         struct fanotify_perm_event_info *event, *next;
 
+        /*
+         * There may be still new events arriving in the notification queue
+         * but since userspace cannot use fanotify fd anymore, no event can
+         * enter or leave access_list by now.
+         */
         spin_lock(&group->fanotify_data.access_lock);
 
         atomic_inc(&group->fanotify_data.bypass_perm);
@@ -373,6 +378,13 @@ static int fanotify_release(struct inode *ignored, struct file *file)
         }
         spin_unlock(&group->fanotify_data.access_lock);
 
+        /*
+         * Since bypass_perm is set, newly queued events will not wait for
+         * access response. Wake up the already sleeping ones now.
+         * synchronize_srcu() in fsnotify_destroy_group() will wait for all
+         * processes sleeping in fanotify_handle_event() waiting for access
+         * response and thus also for all permission events to be freed.
+         */
         wake_up(&group->fanotify_data.access_waitq);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index 1d394220acbe..a95d8e037aeb 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
         /* Overflow events are per-group and we don't want to free them */
         if (!event || event->mask == FS_Q_OVERFLOW)
                 return;
-
+        /* If the event is still queued, we have a problem... */
+        WARN_ON(!list_empty(&event->list));
         group->ops->free_event(event);
 }
 
@@ -125,6 +126,21 @@ queue:
 }
 
 /*
+ * Remove @event from group's notification queue. It is the responsibility of
+ * the caller to destroy the event.
+ */
+void fsnotify_remove_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
+                           struct fsnotify_event *event)
+{
+        mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
+        if (!list_empty(&event->list)) {
+                list_del_init(&event->list);
+                group->q_len--;
+        }
+        mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
+}
+
+/*
  * Remove and return the first event from the notification list.  It is the
  * responsibility of the caller to destroy the obtained event
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index a6e899943363..ca060d7c4fa6 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ extern int fsnotify_add_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
                               struct fsnotify_event *event,
                               int (*merge)(struct list_head *,
                                            struct fsnotify_event *));
+/* Remove passed event from groups notification queue */
+extern void fsnotify_remove_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct fsnotify_event *event);
 /* true if the group notification queue is empty */
 extern bool fsnotify_notify_queue_is_empty(struct fsnotify_group *group);
 /* return, but do not dequeue the first event on the notification queue */