1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 57ecadd85abf..20dc218707ca 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -84,16 +84,17 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 /* Notify this dentry's parent about a child's events. */
-void __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
+int __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
 {
         struct dentry *parent;
         struct inode *p_inode;
+        int ret = 0;
 
         if (!dentry)
                 dentry = path->dentry;
 
         if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED))
-                return;
+                return 0;
 
         parent = dget_parent(dentry);
         p_inode = parent->d_inode;
@@ -106,14 +107,16 @@ void __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
                 mask |= FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD;
 
                 if (path)
-                        fsnotify(p_inode, mask, path, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH,
-                                 dentry->d_name.name, 0);
+                        ret = fsnotify(p_inode, mask, path, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH,
+                                       dentry->d_name.name, 0);
                 else
-                        fsnotify(p_inode, mask, dentry->d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE,
-                                 dentry->d_name.name, 0);
+                        ret = fsnotify(p_inode, mask, dentry->d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE,
+                                       dentry->d_name.name, 0);
         }
 
         dput(parent);
+
+        return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__fsnotify_parent);