linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/20] fanotify: implement fanotify listener ordering

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Message-ID: <19658.57791.952367.70027@quad.stoffel.home>
Date:	Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:01:19 -0400
From:	"John Stoffel" <john@...ffel.org>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	agruen@...e.de, tvrtko.ursulin@...hos.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/20] fanotify: implement fanotify listener ordering

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com> writes:

Eric> The fanotify listeners needs to be able to specify what types of
Eric> operations they are going to perform so they can be ordered
Eric> appropriately between other listeners doing other types of
Eric> operations.  They need this to be able to make sure that things
Eric> like hierarchichal storage managers will get access to inodes
Eric> before processes which need the data.  This patch defines 3
Eric> possible uses which groups must indicate in the fanotify_init()
Eric> flags.

Eric> FAN_CLASS_PRE_CONTENT
Eric> FAN_CLASS_CONTENT
Eric> FAN_CLASS_NOTIF

Reviewed-By: john@...ffel.org
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