7 files changed, 398 insertions, 183 deletions

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index ccdb57524e3c..96e0c8c60796 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1802,10 +1802,10 @@ F:	drivers/char/epca*
 F:      drivers/char/digi*
 
 DIRECTORY NOTIFICATION (DNOTIFY)
-P:      Stephen Rothwell
-M:      sfr@canb.auug.org.au
+P:      Eric Paris
+M:      eparis@parisplace.org
 L:      linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
-S:      Supported
+S:      Maintained
 F:      Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt
 F:      fs/notify/dnotify/
 F:      include/linux/dnotify.h
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig
index 26adf5dfa646..904ff8d5405a 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config DNOTIFY
         bool "Dnotify support"
+        depends on FSNOTIFY
         default y
         help
           Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index b0aa2cde80bd..d9d80f502c6f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Stephen Rothwell
  *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Eric Paris <Red Hat Inc>
+ * dnotify was largly rewritten to use the new fsnotify infrastructure
+ *
  * 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
@@ -21,24 +24,178 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/fdtable.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
 
 int dir_notify_enable __read_mostly = 1;
 
-static struct kmem_cache *dn_cache __read_mostly;
+static struct kmem_cache *dnotify_struct_cache __read_mostly;
+static struct kmem_cache *dnotify_mark_entry_cache __read_mostly;
+static struct fsnotify_group *dnotify_group __read_mostly;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dnotify_mark_mutex);
+
+/*
+ * dnotify will attach one of these to each inode (i_fsnotify_mark_entries) which
+ * is being watched by dnotify.  If multiple userspace applications are watching
+ * the same directory with dnotify their information is chained in dn
+ */
+struct dnotify_mark_entry {
+        struct fsnotify_mark_entry fsn_entry;
+        struct dnotify_struct *dn;
+};
 
-static void redo_inode_mask(struct inode *inode)
+/*
+ * When a process starts or stops watching an inode the set of events which
+ * dnotify cares about for that inode may change.  This function runs the
+ * list of everything receiving dnotify events about this directory and calculates
+ * the set of all those events.  After it updates what dnotify is interested in
+ * it calls the fsnotify function so it can update the set of all events relevant
+ * to this inode.
+ */
+static void dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry)
 {
-        unsigned long new_mask;
+        __u32 new_mask, old_mask;
         struct dnotify_struct *dn;
+        struct dnotify_mark_entry *dnentry  = container_of(entry,
+                                                           struct dnotify_mark_entry,
+                                                           fsn_entry);
+
+        assert_spin_locked(&entry->lock);
 
+        old_mask = entry->mask;
         new_mask = 0;
-        for (dn = inode->i_dnotify; dn != NULL; dn = dn->dn_next)
-                new_mask |= dn->dn_mask & ~DN_MULTISHOT;
-        inode->i_dnotify_mask = new_mask;
+        for (dn = dnentry->dn; dn != NULL; dn = dn->dn_next)
+                new_mask |= (dn->dn_mask & ~FS_DN_MULTISHOT);
+        entry->mask = new_mask;
+
+        if (old_mask == new_mask)
+                return;
+
+        if (entry->inode)
+                fsnotify_recalc_inode_mask(entry->inode);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Mains fsnotify call where events are delivered to dnotify.
+ * Find the dnotify mark on the relevant inode, run the list of dnotify structs
+ * on that mark and determine which of them has expressed interest in receiving
+ * events of this type.  When found send the correct process and signal and
+ * destroy the dnotify struct if it was not registered to receive multiple
+ * events.
+ */
+static int dnotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
+                                struct fsnotify_event *event)
+{
+        struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry = NULL;
+        struct dnotify_mark_entry *dnentry;
+        struct inode *to_tell;
+        struct dnotify_struct *dn;
+        struct dnotify_struct **prev;
+        struct fown_struct *fown;
+
+        to_tell = event->to_tell;
+
+        spin_lock(&to_tell->i_lock);
+        entry = fsnotify_find_mark_entry(group, to_tell);
+        spin_unlock(&to_tell->i_lock);
+
+        /* unlikely since we alreay passed dnotify_should_send_event() */
+        if (unlikely(!entry))
+                return 0;
+        dnentry = container_of(entry, struct dnotify_mark_entry, fsn_entry);
+
+        spin_lock(&entry->lock);
+        prev = &dnentry->dn;
+        while ((dn = *prev) != NULL) {
+                if ((dn->dn_mask & event->mask) == 0) {
+                        prev = &dn->dn_next;
+                        continue;
+                }
+                fown = &dn->dn_filp->f_owner;
+                send_sigio(fown, dn->dn_fd, POLL_MSG);
+                if (dn->dn_mask & FS_DN_MULTISHOT)
+                        prev = &dn->dn_next;
+                else {
+                        *prev = dn->dn_next;
+                        kmem_cache_free(dnotify_struct_cache, dn);
+                        dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(entry);
+                }
+        }
+
+        spin_unlock(&entry->lock);
+        fsnotify_put_mark(entry);
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given an inode and mask determine if dnotify would be interested in sending
+ * userspace notification for that pair.
+ */
+static bool dnotify_should_send_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
+                                      struct inode *inode, __u32 mask)
+{
+        struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry;
+        bool send;
+
+        /* !dir_notify_enable should never get here, don't waste time checking
+        if (!dir_notify_enable)
+                return 0; */
+
+        /* not a dir, dnotify doesn't care */
+        if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+                return false;
+
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+        entry = fsnotify_find_mark_entry(group, inode);
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
+        /* no mark means no dnotify watch */
+        if (!entry)
+                return false;
+
+        spin_lock(&entry->lock);
+        send = (mask & entry->mask) ? true : false;
+        spin_unlock(&entry->lock);
+        fsnotify_put_mark(entry); /* matches fsnotify_find_mark_entry */
+
+        return send;
+}
+
+static void dnotify_freeing_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry,
+                                 struct fsnotify_group *group)
+{
+        /* dnotify doesn't care than an inode is on the way out */
+}
+
+static void dnotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry)
+{
+        struct dnotify_mark_entry *dnentry = container_of(entry,
+                                                          struct dnotify_mark_entry,
+                                                          fsn_entry);
+
+        BUG_ON(dnentry->dn);
+
+        kmem_cache_free(dnotify_mark_entry_cache, dnentry);
+}
+
+static struct fsnotify_ops dnotify_fsnotify_ops = {
+        .handle_event = dnotify_handle_event,
+        .should_send_event = dnotify_should_send_event,
+        .free_group_priv = NULL,
+        .freeing_mark = dnotify_freeing_mark,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Called every time a file is closed.  Looks first for a dnotify mark on the
+ * inode.  If one is found run all of the ->dn entries attached to that
+ * mark for one relevant to this process closing the file and remove that
+ * dnotify_struct.  If that was the last dnotify_struct also remove the
+ * fsnotify_mark_entry.
+ */
 void dnotify_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 {
+        struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry;
+        struct dnotify_mark_entry *dnentry;
         struct dnotify_struct *dn;
         struct dnotify_struct **prev;
         struct inode *inode;
@@ -46,145 +203,243 @@ void dnotify_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
         inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
         if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
                 return;
+
         spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-        prev = &inode->i_dnotify;
+        entry = fsnotify_find_mark_entry(dnotify_group, inode);
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+        if (!entry)
+                return;
+        dnentry = container_of(entry, struct dnotify_mark_entry, fsn_entry);
+
+        mutex_lock(&dnotify_mark_mutex);
+
+        spin_lock(&entry->lock);
+        prev = &dnentry->dn;
         while ((dn = *prev) != NULL) {
                 if ((dn->dn_owner == id) && (dn->dn_filp == filp)) {
                         *prev = dn->dn_next;
-                        redo_inode_mask(inode);
-                        kmem_cache_free(dn_cache, dn);
+                        kmem_cache_free(dnotify_struct_cache, dn);
+                        dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(entry);
                         break;
                 }
                 prev = &dn->dn_next;
         }
-        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
+        spin_unlock(&entry->lock);
+
+        /* nothing else could have found us thanks to the dnotify_mark_mutex */
+        if (dnentry->dn == NULL)
+                fsnotify_destroy_mark_by_entry(entry);
+
+        fsnotify_recalc_group_mask(dnotify_group);
+
+        mutex_unlock(&dnotify_mark_mutex);
+
+        fsnotify_put_mark(entry);
+}
+
+/* this conversion is done only at watch creation */
+static __u32 convert_arg(unsigned long arg)
+{
+        __u32 new_mask = FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD;
+
+        if (arg & DN_MULTISHOT)
+                new_mask |= FS_DN_MULTISHOT;
+        if (arg & DN_DELETE)
+                new_mask |= (FS_DELETE | FS_MOVED_FROM);
+        if (arg & DN_MODIFY)
+                new_mask |= FS_MODIFY;
+        if (arg & DN_ACCESS)
+                new_mask |= FS_ACCESS;
+        if (arg & DN_ATTRIB)
+                new_mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
+        if (arg & DN_RENAME)
+                new_mask |= FS_DN_RENAME;
+        if (arg & DN_CREATE)
+                new_mask |= (FS_CREATE | FS_MOVED_TO);
+
+        return new_mask;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If multiple processes watch the same inode with dnotify there is only one
+ * dnotify mark in inode->i_fsnotify_mark_entries but we chain a dnotify_struct
+ * onto that mark.  This function either attaches the new dnotify_struct onto
+ * that list, or it |= the mask onto an existing dnofiy_struct.
+ */
+static int attach_dn(struct dnotify_struct *dn, struct dnotify_mark_entry *dnentry,
+                     fl_owner_t id, int fd, struct file *filp, __u32 mask)
+{
+        struct dnotify_struct *odn;
+
+        odn = dnentry->dn;
+        while (odn != NULL) {
+                /* adding more events to existing dnofiy_struct? */
+                if ((odn->dn_owner == id) && (odn->dn_filp == filp)) {
+                        odn->dn_fd = fd;
+                        odn->dn_mask |= mask;
+                        return -EEXIST;
+                }
+                odn = odn->dn_next;
+        }
+
+        dn->dn_mask = mask;
+        dn->dn_fd = fd;
+        dn->dn_filp = filp;
+        dn->dn_owner = id;
+        dn->dn_next = dnentry->dn;
+        dnentry->dn = dn;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * When a process calls fcntl to attach a dnotify watch to a directory it ends
+ * up here.  Allocate both a mark for fsnotify to add and a dnotify_struct to be
+ * attached to the fsnotify_mark.
+ */
 int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 {
+        struct dnotify_mark_entry *new_dnentry, *dnentry;
+        struct fsnotify_mark_entry *new_entry, *entry;
         struct dnotify_struct *dn;
-        struct dnotify_struct *odn;
-        struct dnotify_struct **prev;
         struct inode *inode;
         fl_owner_t id = current->files;
         struct file *f;
-        int error = 0;
+        int destroy = 0, error = 0;
+        __u32 mask;
+
+        /* we use these to tell if we need to kfree */
+        new_entry = NULL;
+        dn = NULL;
 
+        if (!dir_notify_enable) {
+                error = -EINVAL;
+                goto out_err;
+        }
+
+        /* a 0 mask means we are explicitly removing the watch */
         if ((arg & ~DN_MULTISHOT) == 0) {
                 dnotify_flush(filp, id);
-                return 0;
+                error = 0;
+                goto out_err;
         }
-        if (!dir_notify_enable)
-                return -EINVAL;
+
+        /* dnotify only works on directories */
         inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-        if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-                return -ENOTDIR;
-        dn = kmem_cache_alloc(dn_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (dn == NULL)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-        prev = &inode->i_dnotify;
-        while ((odn = *prev) != NULL) {
-                if ((odn->dn_owner == id) && (odn->dn_filp == filp)) {
-                        odn->dn_fd = fd;
-                        odn->dn_mask |= arg;
-                        inode->i_dnotify_mask |= arg & ~DN_MULTISHOT;
-                        goto out_free;
-                }
-                prev = &odn->dn_next;
+        if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+                error = -ENOTDIR;
+                goto out_err;
         }
 
-        rcu_read_lock();
-        f = fcheck(fd);
-        rcu_read_unlock();
-        /* we'd lost the race with close(), sod off silently */
-        /* note that inode->i_lock prevents reordering problems
-         * between accesses to descriptor table and ->i_dnotify */
-        if (f != filp)
-                goto out_free;
+        /* expect most fcntl to add new rather than augment old */
+        dn = kmem_cache_alloc(dnotify_struct_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!dn) {
+                error = -ENOMEM;
+                goto out_err;
+        }
 
-        error = __f_setown(filp, task_pid(current), PIDTYPE_PID, 0);
-        if (error)
-                goto out_free;
+        /* new fsnotify mark, we expect most fcntl calls to add a new mark */
+        new_dnentry = kmem_cache_alloc(dnotify_mark_entry_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!new_dnentry) {
+                error = -ENOMEM;
+                goto out_err;
+        }
 
-        dn->dn_mask = arg;
-        dn->dn_fd = fd;
-        dn->dn_filp = filp;
-        dn->dn_owner = id;
-        inode->i_dnotify_mask |= arg & ~DN_MULTISHOT;
-        dn->dn_next = inode->i_dnotify;
-        inode->i_dnotify = dn;
-        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-        return 0;
+        /* convert the userspace DN_* "arg" to the internal FS_* defines in fsnotify */
+        mask = convert_arg(arg);
 
-out_free:
-        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-        kmem_cache_free(dn_cache, dn);
-        return error;
-}
+        /* set up the new_entry and new_dnentry */
+        new_entry = &new_dnentry->fsn_entry;
+        fsnotify_init_mark(new_entry, dnotify_free_mark);
+        new_entry->mask = mask;
+        new_dnentry->dn = NULL;
 
-void __inode_dir_notify(struct inode *inode, unsigned long event)
-{
-        struct dnotify_struct * dn;
-        struct dnotify_struct **prev;
-        struct fown_struct *    fown;
-        int                     changed = 0;
+        /* this is needed to prevent the fcntl/close race described below */
+        mutex_lock(&dnotify_mark_mutex);
 
+        /* add the new_entry or find an old one. */
         spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-        prev = &inode->i_dnotify;
-        while ((dn = *prev) != NULL) {
-                if ((dn->dn_mask & event) == 0) {
-                        prev = &dn->dn_next;
-                        continue;
-                }
-                fown = &dn->dn_filp->f_owner;
-                send_sigio(fown, dn->dn_fd, POLL_MSG);
-                if (dn->dn_mask & DN_MULTISHOT)
-                        prev = &dn->dn_next;
-                else {
-                        *prev = dn->dn_next;
-                        changed = 1;
-                        kmem_cache_free(dn_cache, dn);
-                }
-        }
-        if (changed)
-                redo_inode_mask(inode);
+        entry = fsnotify_find_mark_entry(dnotify_group, inode);
         spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__inode_dir_notify);
+        if (entry) {
+                dnentry = container_of(entry, struct dnotify_mark_entry, fsn_entry);
+                spin_lock(&entry->lock);
+        } else {
+                fsnotify_add_mark(new_entry, dnotify_group, inode);
+                spin_lock(&new_entry->lock);
+                entry = new_entry;
+                dnentry = new_dnentry;
+                /* we used new_entry, so don't free it */
+                new_entry = NULL;
+        }
 
-/*
- * This is hopelessly wrong, but unfixable without API changes.  At
- * least it doesn't oops the kernel...
- *
- * To safely access ->d_parent we need to keep d_move away from it.  Use the
- * dentry's d_lock for this.
- */
-void dnotify_parent(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned long event)
-{
-        struct dentry *parent;
+        rcu_read_lock();
+        f = fcheck(fd);
+        rcu_read_unlock();
 
-        if (!dir_notify_enable)
-                return;
+        /* if (f != filp) means that we lost a race and another task/thread
+         * actually closed the fd we are still playing with before we grabbed
+         * the dnotify_mark_mutex and entry->lock.  Since closing the fd is the
+         * only time we clean up the mark entries we need to get our mark off
+         * the list. */
+        if (f != filp) {
+                /* if we added ourselves, shoot ourselves, it's possible that
+                 * the flush actually did shoot this entry.  That's fine too
+                 * since multiple calls to destroy_mark is perfectly safe, if
+                 * we found a dnentry already attached to the inode, just sod
+                 * off silently as the flush at close time dealt with it.
+                 */
+                if (dnentry == new_dnentry)
+                        destroy = 1;
+                goto out;
+        }
 
-        spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-        parent = dentry->d_parent;
-        if (parent->d_inode->i_dnotify_mask & event) {
-                dget(parent);
-                spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-                __inode_dir_notify(parent->d_inode, event);
-                dput(parent);
-        } else {
-                spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+        error = __f_setown(filp, task_pid(current), PIDTYPE_PID, 0);
+        if (error) {
+                /* if we added, we must shoot */
+                if (dnentry == new_dnentry)
+                        destroy = 1;
+                goto out;
         }
+
+        error = attach_dn(dn, dnentry, id, fd, filp, mask);
+        /* !error means that we attached the dn to the dnentry, so don't free it */
+        if (!error)
+                dn = NULL;
+        /* -EEXIST means that we didn't add this new dn and used an old one.
+         * that isn't an error (and the unused dn should be freed) */
+        else if (error == -EEXIST)
+                error = 0;
+
+        dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(entry);
+out:
+        spin_unlock(&entry->lock);
+
+        if (destroy)
+                fsnotify_destroy_mark_by_entry(entry);
+
+        fsnotify_recalc_group_mask(dnotify_group);
+
+        mutex_unlock(&dnotify_mark_mutex);
+        fsnotify_put_mark(entry);
+out_err:
+        if (new_entry)
+                fsnotify_put_mark(new_entry);
+        if (dn)
+                kmem_cache_free(dnotify_struct_cache, dn);
+        return error;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dnotify_parent);
 
 static int __init dnotify_init(void)
 {
-        dn_cache = kmem_cache_create("dnotify_cache",
-                sizeof(struct dnotify_struct), 0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+        dnotify_struct_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_struct, SLAB_PANIC);
+        dnotify_mark_entry_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dnotify_mark_entry, SLAB_PANIC);
+
+        dnotify_group = fsnotify_obtain_group(DNOTIFY_GROUP_NUM,
+                                              0, &dnotify_fsnotify_ops);
+        if (IS_ERR(dnotify_group))
+                panic("unable to allocate fsnotify group for dnotify\n");
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dnotify.h b/include/linux/dnotify.h
index 102a902b4396..ecc06286226d 100644
--- a/include/linux/dnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/dnotify.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 struct dnotify_struct {
         struct dnotify_struct * dn_next;
-        unsigned long           dn_mask;
+        __u32                   dn_mask;
         int                     dn_fd;
         struct file *           dn_filp;
         fl_owner_t              dn_owner;
@@ -21,23 +21,18 @@ struct dnotify_struct {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DNOTIFY
 
-extern void __inode_dir_notify(struct inode *, unsigned long);
+#define DNOTIFY_ALL_EVENTS (FS_DELETE | FS_DELETE_CHILD |\
+                            FS_MODIFY | FS_MODIFY_CHILD |\
+                            FS_ACCESS | FS_ACCESS_CHILD |\
+                            FS_ATTRIB | FS_ATTRIB_CHILD |\
+                            FS_CREATE | FS_DN_RENAME |\
+                            FS_MOVED_FROM | FS_MOVED_TO)
+
 extern void dnotify_flush(struct file *, fl_owner_t);
 extern int fcntl_dirnotify(int, struct file *, unsigned long);
-extern void dnotify_parent(struct dentry *, unsigned long);
-
-static inline void inode_dir_notify(struct inode *inode, unsigned long event)
-{
-        if (inode->i_dnotify_mask & (event))
-                __inode_dir_notify(inode, event);
-}
 
 #else
 
-static inline void __inode_dir_notify(struct inode *inode, unsigned long event)
-{
-}
-
 static inline void dnotify_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 {
 }
@@ -47,14 +42,6 @@ static inline int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
         return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static inline void dnotify_parent(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned long event)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void inode_dir_notify(struct inode *inode, unsigned long event)
-{
-}
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_DNOTIFY */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL __ */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 275b0860044c..323b5ce474c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -760,11 +760,6 @@ struct inode {
         struct hlist_head       i_fsnotify_mark_entries; /* fsnotify mark entries */
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DNOTIFY
-        unsigned long           i_dnotify_mask; /* Directory notify events */
-        struct dnotify_struct   *i_dnotify; /* for directory notifications */
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY
         struct list_head        inotify_watches; /* watches on this inode */
         struct mutex            inotify_mutex;  /* protects the watches list */
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index 6a662ed0bc8a..db12d9de3526 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -74,13 +74,7 @@ static inline void fsnotify_move(struct inode *old_dir, struct inode *new_dir,
         __u32 new_dir_mask = 0;
 
         if (old_dir == new_dir) {
-                inode_dir_notify(old_dir, DN_RENAME);
                 old_dir_mask = FS_DN_RENAME;
-        } else {
-                inode_dir_notify(old_dir, DN_DELETE);
-                old_dir_mask = FS_DELETE;
-                inode_dir_notify(new_dir, DN_CREATE);
-                new_dir_mask = FS_CREATE;
         }
 
         if (isdir) {
@@ -132,7 +126,6 @@ static inline void fsnotify_nameremove(struct dentry *dentry, int isdir)
 
         if (isdir)
                 mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
-        dnotify_parent(dentry, DN_DELETE);
 
         fsnotify_parent(dentry, mask);
 }
@@ -154,7 +147,6 @@ static inline void fsnotify_inoderemove(struct inode *inode)
  */
 static inline void fsnotify_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-        inode_dir_notify(inode, DN_CREATE);
         inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, IN_CREATE, 0, dentry->d_name.name,
                                   dentry->d_inode);
         audit_inode_child(dentry->d_name.name, dentry, inode);
@@ -169,7 +161,6 @@ static inline void fsnotify_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
  */
 static inline void fsnotify_link(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode, struct dentry *new_dentry)
 {
-        inode_dir_notify(dir, DN_CREATE);
         inotify_inode_queue_event(dir, IN_CREATE, 0, new_dentry->d_name.name,
                                   inode);
         fsnotify_link_count(inode);
@@ -186,7 +177,6 @@ static inline void fsnotify_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
         __u32 mask = (FS_CREATE | FS_IN_ISDIR);
         struct inode *d_inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
-        inode_dir_notify(inode, DN_CREATE);
         inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, dentry->d_name.name, d_inode);
         audit_inode_child(dentry->d_name.name, dentry, inode);
 
@@ -204,7 +194,6 @@ static inline void fsnotify_access(struct dentry *dentry)
         if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
                 mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
 
-        dnotify_parent(dentry, DN_ACCESS);
         inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, NULL, NULL);
 
         fsnotify_parent(dentry, mask);
@@ -222,7 +211,6 @@ static inline void fsnotify_modify(struct dentry *dentry)
         if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
                 mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
 
-        dnotify_parent(dentry, DN_MODIFY);
         inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, NULL, NULL);
 
         fsnotify_parent(dentry, mask);
@@ -289,47 +277,33 @@ static inline void fsnotify_xattr(struct dentry *dentry)
 static inline void fsnotify_change(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int ia_valid)
 {
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-        int dn_mask = 0;
-        __u32 in_mask = 0;
+        __u32 mask = 0;
+
+        if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
+                mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
+        if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
+                mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
+        if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
+                mask |= FS_MODIFY;
 
-        if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID) {
-                in_mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
-                dn_mask |= DN_ATTRIB;
-        }
-        if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID) {
-                in_mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
-                dn_mask |= DN_ATTRIB;
-        }
-        if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
-                in_mask |= FS_MODIFY;
-                dn_mask |= DN_MODIFY;
-        }
         /* both times implies a utime(s) call */
         if ((ia_valid & (ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME)) == (ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME))
-        {
-                in_mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
-                dn_mask |= DN_ATTRIB;
-        } else if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME) {
-                in_mask |= FS_ACCESS;
-                dn_mask |= DN_ACCESS;
-        } else if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME) {
-                in_mask |= FS_MODIFY;
-                dn_mask |= DN_MODIFY;
-        }
-        if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
-                in_mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
-                dn_mask |= DN_ATTRIB;
-        }
+                mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
+        else if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME)
+                mask |= FS_ACCESS;
+        else if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME)
+                mask |= FS_MODIFY;
+
+        if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
+                mask |= FS_ATTRIB;
 
-        if (dn_mask)
-                dnotify_parent(dentry, dn_mask);
-        if (in_mask) {
+        if (mask) {
                 if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-                        in_mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
-                inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, in_mask, 0, NULL, NULL);
+                        mask |= FS_IN_ISDIR;
+                inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, mask, 0, NULL, NULL);
 
-                fsnotify_parent(dentry, in_mask);
-                fsnotify(inode, in_mask, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
+                fsnotify_parent(dentry, mask);
+                fsnotify(inode, mask, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE);
         }
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 13d2dd570049..9ea800e840f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
                                    FS_MOVED_FROM | FS_MOVED_TO | FS_CREATE |\
                                    FS_DELETE)
 
+/* listeners that hard code group numbers near the top */
+#define DNOTIFY_GROUP_NUM       UINT_MAX
+
 struct fsnotify_group;
 struct fsnotify_event;
 struct fsnotify_mark_entry;