linux-kernel - inotify question on modify events and openat

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:56:20 +0100
From:   Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@...il.com>
To:     Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     ttb@...tacle.dhs.org, rlove@...gle.com
Subject: inotify question on modify events and openat

Hi Guys,

In the manpages "man inotify" it is suggested that function calls like
write and truncate are modify events. But from this opened issue it
appears like openat might be a modify event to inotify also?

https://github.com/inotify-tools/inotify-tools/issues/116

Just curious, is this expected, should I update the documentation?

Regards,
Eric