linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] VFS: generate FS_CREATE before FS_OPEN when ->atomic

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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:19:37 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>, 
	James Clark <james.clark@....com>, ltp@...ts.linux.it, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, 
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] VFS: generate FS_CREATE before FS_OPEN when
 ->atomic_open used.

> AFAICT this will have a side-effect that now fsnotify_open() will be
> generated even for O_PATH open. It is true that fsnotify_close() is getting

Thanks! That change seemed sensible because a close() event is
generated.

But I don't agree that generating events for O_PATH fds doesn't make
sense on principle. But I don't care if you drop events for O_PATH now.