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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:02:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: John <jhnlmn@...oo.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: eparis@...hat.com
Subject: What is the status of fanotify bugs?
Hi,
I googled and found at least 2 fanotify bugs,
which were discussed and patches were submitted but never merged into the kernel:
1. This one is more than 2 years old. Seems to be an obvious bug:
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/46b25f4dfc96d811
2. This discussion was abruptly terminated last year:
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/5e21ff2b0c446b69
And I have another problem, which is a complete show stopper for me:
fsnotify/fanotify do not pass file/directory creation/deletion events
when working in FAN_MARK_MOUNT mode.
I was hoping to get notified about file system changes, but it appears to be impossible.
A directory with many subdirectories can be deleted and fsnotify/fanotify completely ignore this event.
So, I wonder whether fsnotify/fanotify framework is still being maintained and used by anybody.
If nobody else cares about it, then I will need to make my own file system notification hook.
But, of course, it would be better to fix fsnotify/fanotify so that I can avoid maintaining my own notification code.
What do you think?
Thank you
John
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