struct fown_struct *fown;
        __u32 test_mask = mask & ~FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD;
 
+       /* not a dir, dnotify doesn't care */
+       if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+               return 0;
+
        BUG_ON(vfsmount_mark);
 
        dn_mark = container_of(inode_mark, struct dnotify_mark, fsn_mark);
        return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Given an inode and mask determine if dnotify would be interested in sending
- * userspace notification for that pair.
- */
-static bool dnotify_should_send_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
-                                     struct inode *inode,
-                                     struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
-                                     struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
-                                     __u32 mask, void *data, int data_type)
-{
-       /* not a dir, dnotify doesn't care */
-       if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-               return false;
-
-       return true;
-}
-
 static void dnotify_free_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *fsn_mark)
 {
        struct dnotify_mark *dn_mark = container_of(fsn_mark,
 
 static struct fsnotify_ops dnotify_fsnotify_ops = {
        .handle_event = dnotify_handle_event,
-       .should_send_event = dnotify_should_send_event,
        .free_group_priv = NULL,
        .freeing_mark = NULL,
        .free_event = NULL,
 
 }
 #endif
 
-static bool fanotify_should_send_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
-                                      struct inode *inode,
-                                      struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
+static bool fanotify_should_send_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
                                       struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmnt_mark,
-                                      __u32 event_mask, void *data, int data_type)
+                                      u32 event_mask,
+                                      void *data, int data_type)
 {
        __u32 marks_mask, marks_ignored_mask;
        struct path *path = data;
 
-       pr_debug("%s: group=%p inode=%p inode_mark=%p vfsmnt_mark=%p "
-                "mask=%x data=%p data_type=%d\n", __func__, group, inode,
-                inode_mark, vfsmnt_mark, event_mask, data, data_type);
+       pr_debug("%s: inode_mark=%p vfsmnt_mark=%p mask=%x data=%p"
+                " data_type=%d\n", __func__, inode_mark, vfsmnt_mark,
+                event_mask, data, data_type);
 
        /* if we don't have enough info to send an event to userspace say no */
        if (data_type != FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)
        BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_ACCESS_PERM != FS_ACCESS_PERM);
        BUILD_BUG_ON(FAN_ONDIR != FS_ISDIR);
 
+       if (!fanotify_should_send_event(inode_mark, fanotify_mark, mask, data,
+                                       data_type))
+               return 0;
+
        pr_debug("%s: group=%p inode=%p mask=%x\n", __func__, group, inode,
                 mask);
 
 
 const struct fsnotify_ops fanotify_fsnotify_ops = {
        .handle_event = fanotify_handle_event,
-       .should_send_event = fanotify_should_send_event,
        .free_group_priv = fanotify_free_group_priv,
        .free_event = fanotify_free_event,
        .freeing_mark = NULL,
 
        if (!inode_test_mask && !vfsmount_test_mask)
                return 0;
 
-       if (group->ops->should_send_event(group, to_tell, inode_mark,
-                                         vfsmount_mark, mask, data,
-                                         data_is) == false)
-               return 0;
-
        return group->ops->handle_event(group, to_tell, inode_mark,
                                        vfsmount_mark, mask, data, data_is,
                                        file_name);
 
 
        BUG_ON(vfsmount_mark);
 
+       if ((inode_mark->mask & FS_EXCL_UNLINK) &&
+           (data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)) {
+               struct path *path = data;
+
+               if (d_unlinked(path->dentry))
+                       return 0;
+       }
        if (file_name) {
                len = strlen(file_name);
                alloc_len += len + 1;
        inotify_ignored_and_remove_idr(fsn_mark, group);
 }
 
-static bool inotify_should_send_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode,
-                                     struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
-                                     struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
-                                     __u32 mask, void *data, int data_type)
-{
-       if ((inode_mark->mask & FS_EXCL_UNLINK) &&
-           (data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH)) {
-               struct path *path = data;
-
-               if (d_unlinked(path->dentry))
-                       return false;
-       }
-
-       return true;
-}
-
 /*
  * This is NEVER supposed to be called.  Inotify marks should either have been
  * removed from the idr when the watch was removed or in the
 
 const struct fsnotify_ops inotify_fsnotify_ops = {
        .handle_event = inotify_handle_event,
-       .should_send_event = inotify_should_send_event,
        .free_group_priv = inotify_free_group_priv,
        .free_event = inotify_free_event,
        .freeing_mark = inotify_freeing_mark,
 
  *             userspace messages that marks have been removed.
  */
 struct fsnotify_ops {
-       bool (*should_send_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode,
-                                 struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
-                                 struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
-                                 __u32 mask, void *data, int data_type);
        int (*handle_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group,
                            struct inode *inode,
                            struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
 
                                   u32 mask, void *data, int data_type,
                                   const unsigned char *file_name)
 {
-       BUG();
-       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static void audit_tree_freeing_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *entry, struct fsnotify_group *group)
        BUG_ON(atomic_read(&entry->refcnt) < 1);
 }
 
-static bool audit_tree_send_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode,
-                                 struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
-                                 struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
-                                 __u32 mask, void *data, int data_type)
-{
-       return false;
-}
-
 static const struct fsnotify_ops audit_tree_ops = {
        .handle_event = audit_tree_handle_event,
-       .should_send_event = audit_tree_send_event,
        .free_group_priv = NULL,
        .free_event = NULL,
        .freeing_mark = audit_tree_freeing_mark,
 
        }
 }
 
-static bool audit_watch_should_send_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode,
-                                         struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark,
-                                         struct fsnotify_mark *vfsmount_mark,
-                                         __u32 mask, void *data, int data_type)
-{
-       return true;
-}
-
 /* Update watch data in audit rules based on fsnotify events. */
 static int audit_watch_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
                                    struct inode *to_tell,
 }
 
 static const struct fsnotify_ops audit_watch_fsnotify_ops = {
-       .should_send_event =    audit_watch_should_send_event,
        .handle_event =         audit_watch_handle_event,
        .free_group_priv =      NULL,
        .freeing_mark =         NULL,