linux-kernel - Re: fanotify - overall design before I start sending patches

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Date:	Wed, 5 Aug 2009 04:05:34 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: fanotify - overall design before I start sending patches

BTW my -@...e.cz address no longer works. pavel@....cz should be ok.


> If a FAN_ACCESS_PERM or FAN_OPEN_PERM event is received the listener
> must send a response before the 5 second timeout.  If no response is
> sent before the 5 second timeout the original operation is allowed.  If
> this happens too many times (10 in a row) the fanotify group is evicted
> from the kernel and will not get any new events.  Sending a response is
> done using the setsockopt() call with the socket options set to
> FANOTIFY_ACCESS_RESPONSE.  The buffer should contain a structure like:

The timeout part of interface is very ugly. Will fanotify users have
to be realtime/mlocked?
								Pavel
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