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Message-ID: <CAKPOu+-Nx_cvBZNox63R1ah76wQp6eH4RLah0O5mDaLo9h60ww@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:57:43 +0200
From:   Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        amir73il@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] inotify_user: add system call inotify_add_watch_at()

On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 2:40 PM Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> wrote:
> Note that since kernel 5.13 you
> don't need CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for fanotify functionality that is
> more-or-less equivalent to what inotify provides.

Oh, I missed that change - I remember fanotify as being inaccessible
for unprivileged processes, and fanotify being designed for things
like virus scanners. Indeed I should migrate my code to fanotify.

If fanotify has now become the designated successor of inotify, that
should be hinted in the inotify manpage, and if inotify is effectively
feature-frozen, maybe that should be an extra status in the
MAINTAINERS file?

Max

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