1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index 959b73e756fd..521368574e97 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -136,18 +136,24 @@ static bool event_compare(struct fsnotify_event *old, struct fsnotify_event *new
 {
         if ((old->mask == new->mask) &&
             (old->to_tell == new->to_tell) &&
-            (old->data_type == new->data_type)) {
+            (old->data_type == new->data_type) &&
+            (old->name_len == new->name_len)) {
                 switch (old->data_type) {
                 case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE):
-                        if (old->inode == new->inode)
+                        /* remember, after old was put on the wait_q we aren't
+                         * allowed to look at the inode any more, only thing
+                         * left to check was if the file_name is the same */
+                        if (old->name_len &&
+                            !strcmp(old->file_name, new->file_name))
                                 return true;
                         break;
                 case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH):
                         if ((old->path.mnt == new->path.mnt) &&
                             (old->path.dentry == new->path.dentry))
                                 return true;
+                        break;
                 case (FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE):
-                        return true;
+                        return false;
                 };
         }
         return false;
@@ -339,18 +345,19 @@ static void initialize_event(struct fsnotify_event *event)
  * @name the filename, if available
  */
 struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data,
-                                             int data_type, const char *name, u32 cookie)
+                                             int data_type, const char *name, u32 cookie,
+                                             gfp_t gfp)
 {
         struct fsnotify_event *event;
 
-        event = kmem_cache_alloc(fsnotify_event_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+        event = kmem_cache_alloc(fsnotify_event_cachep, gfp);
         if (!event)
                 return NULL;
 
         initialize_event(event);
 
         if (name) {
-                event->file_name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+                event->file_name = kstrdup(name, gfp);
                 if (!event->file_name) {
                         kmem_cache_free(fsnotify_event_cachep, event);
                         return NULL;