1 files changed, 7 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index a95d8e037aeb..e455e83ceeeb 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
  * Add an event to the group notification queue.  The group can later pull this
  * event off the queue to deal with.  The function returns 0 if the event was
  * added to the queue, 1 if the event was merged with some other queued event,
- * 2 if the queue of events has overflown.
+ * 2 if the event was not queued - either the queue of events has overflown
+ * or the group is shutting down.
  */
 int fsnotify_add_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
                        struct fsnotify_event *event,
@@ -96,6 +97,11 @@ int fsnotify_add_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
         mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
 
+        if (group->shutdown) {
+                mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
+                return 2;
+        }
+
         if (group->q_len >= group->max_events) {
                 ret = 2;
                 /* Queue overflow event only if it isn't already queued */
@@ -126,21 +132,6 @@ 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
  */