linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Mount notifications [ver #2]

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Date:   Mon, 03 Aug 2020 14:22:22 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        James Morris <jamorris@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, raven@...maw.net, christian@...uner.io,
        jlayton@...hat.com, kzak@...hat.com, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Mount notifications [ver #2]


David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> 
> ===================
> SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
> ===================
> 
>  ver #2:
> 
>  (*) Make the ID fields in the mount notification 64-bits.  They're left
>      referring to the mount ID here, but switched to the mount unique ID in
>      the patch in fsinfo that adds that. [Requested by Miklós Szeredi]
> 
>  (*) Dropped the event counters from the mount notification message.
>      [Requested by Miklós].
> 
>      This can easily be added back later as the message length can be
>      increased to show it.
> 
>  (*) Moved the mount event counters over to the fsinfo patchset.

Also:

 (*) Added limitations on the number of concurrent watches that can be held
     by a user.  [Requested by Linus]

 (*) Removed the unused NOTIFY_MOUNT_IS_RECURSIVE flag.  [Requested by
     Miklós]

David