fsnotify: Provide framework for dropping SRCU lock in ->handle_event

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fanotify wants to drop fsnotify_mark_srcu lock when waiting for response
from userspace so that the whole notification subsystem is not blocked
during that time. This patch provides a framework for safely getting
mark reference for a mark found in the object list which pins the mark
in that list. We can then drop fsnotify_mark_srcu, wait for userspace
response and then safely continue iteration of the object list once we
reaquire fsnotify_mark_srcu.

Reviewed-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

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Jan Kara 2016-11-10 16:02:11 +01:00

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fs/notify/fsnotify.h

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fs/notify/group.c

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fs/notify/mark.c

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include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h

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