event_priv->wd = wd;
ret = fsnotify_add_notify_event(group, event, fsn_event_priv);
- /* EEXIST is not an error */
- if (ret == -EEXIST)
- ret = 0;
-
- /* did event_priv get attached? */
- if (list_empty(&fsn_event_priv->event_list))
+ if (ret) {
inotify_free_event_priv(fsn_event_priv);
+ /* EEXIST says we tail matched, EOVERFLOW isn't something
+ * to report up the stack. */
+ if ((ret == -EEXIST) ||
+ (ret == -EOVERFLOW))
+ ret = 0;
+ }
/*
* If we hold the entry until after the event is on the queue