3 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index bfe884d624e7..cf57eabfed45 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -602,8 +602,7 @@ static struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_perm_event(const void *data,
 	pevent->hdr.len = 0;
 	pevent->state = FAN_EVENT_INIT;
 	pevent->path = *path;
-	/* NULL ppos means no range info */
-	pevent->ppos = range ? &range->pos : NULL;
+	pevent->pos = range ? range->pos : FANOTIFY_NO_RANGE;
 	pevent->count = range ? range->count : 0;
 	path_get(path);
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
index 39e60218df7c..eb2ba71d5c81 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ FANOTIFY_ME(struct fanotify_event *event)
 	return container_of(event, struct fanotify_mnt_event, fae);
 }
 
+#define FANOTIFY_NO_RANGE	((loff_t)-1)
+
 /*
  * Structure for permission fanotify events. It gets allocated and freed in
  * fanotify_handle_event() since we wait there for user response. When the
@@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ FANOTIFY_ME(struct fanotify_event *event)
 struct fanotify_perm_event {
 	struct fanotify_event fae;
 	struct path path;
-	const loff_t *ppos;		/* optional file range info */
+	loff_t pos;			/* FANOTIFY_NO_RANGE if unavailable */
 	size_t count;
 	u32 response;			/* userspace answer to the event */
 	unsigned short state;		/* state of the event */
@@ -467,7 +469,7 @@ static inline bool fanotify_event_has_access_range(struct fanotify_event *event)
 	if (!(event->mask & FANOTIFY_PRE_CONTENT_EVENTS))
 		return false;
 
-	return FANOTIFY_PERM(event)->ppos;
+	return FANOTIFY_PERM(event)->pos != FANOTIFY_NO_RANGE;
 }
 
 static inline struct fanotify_event *FANOTIFY_E(struct fsnotify_event *fse)
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 5c30f4d8c7c1..c1ce663952c8 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -674,12 +674,9 @@ static size_t copy_range_info_to_user(struct fanotify_event *event,
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(info_len > count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!pevent->ppos))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	info.hdr.info_type = FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_RANGE;
 	info.hdr.len = info_len;
-	info.offset = *(pevent->ppos);
+	info.offset = pevent->pos;
 	info.count = pevent->count;
 
 	if (copy_to_user(buf, &info, info_len))