[gamin] Re: [ANNOUNCE] inotify 0.18

[Al Viro <viro parcelfarce linux theplanet co uk>]

+static struct inode * find_inode(const char __user *dirname)
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	int error;
+
+	error = __user_walk(dirname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
+	if (error)
+		return ERR_PTR(error);
+
+	inode = nd.dentry->d_inode;
+
+	/* you can only watch an inode if you have read permissions on it */
+	error = permission(inode, MAY_READ, NULL);
+	if (error) {
+		inode = ERR_PTR(error);
+		goto release_and_out;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+	__iget(inode);
+	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+release_and_out:
+	path_release(&nd);
+	return inode;
+}

Yawn...  OK, so what happens if we get umount in the middle of your
find_inode(), so that path_release() in there drops the last remaining
reference to vfsmount (and superblock)?