linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] notification tree: directory events

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Message-ID: <20100820092127.GC20138@infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:21:27 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Cc:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Michael Kerrisk <michael.kerrisk@...il.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] notification tree: directory events

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:19:07PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> What about unifying the file identification here with the file handle used for open_by_handle()?  That keeps a consistent identifier for the inode between multiple system calls (always a good thing), and allows the inode to be opened again via open_by_handle() if needed.

That's what the dmapi callouts that are intendeded to do just about the
same as fanotify always did.  I'm pretty sure I brought this up earlier
in the discussion.
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