2 files changed, 5 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 78c440c343a8..60e84fd338dd 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 /* Notify this dentry's parent about a child's events. */
-void __fsnotify_parent(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
+void __fsnotify_parent(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
 {
         struct dentry *parent;
         struct inode *p_inode;
         bool send = false;
         bool should_update_children = false;
 
-        if (file)
-                dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+        if (!dentry)
+                dentry = path->dentry;
 
         if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED))
                 return;
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ void __fsnotify_parent(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask)
                  * specifies these are events which came from a child. */
                 mask |= FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD;
 
-                if (file)
-                        fsnotify(p_inode, mask, file, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE,
+                if (path)
+                        fsnotify(p_inode, mask, path, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH,
                                  dentry->d_name.name, 0);
                 else
                         fsnotify(p_inode, mask, dentry->d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE,
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ void fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is, const
  
         if (data_is == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)
                 mnt = ((struct path *)data)->mnt;
-        else if (data_is == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE)
-                mnt = ((struct file *)data)->f_path.mnt;
 
         /* if this inode's directed listeners don't care and nothing on the vfsmount
          * listeners list cares, nothing to do */
diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index dafd0b7687b8..066f1f988bac 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -390,15 +390,6 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
         event->data_type = data_type;
 
         switch (data_type) {
-        case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_FILE: {
-                struct file *file = data;
-                struct path *path = &file->f_path;
-                event->path.dentry = path->dentry;
-                event->path.mnt = path->mnt;
-                path_get(&event->path);
-                event->data_type = FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH;
-                break;
-        }
         case FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH: {
                 struct path *path = data;
                 event->path.dentry = path->dentry;