On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 9:17 AM Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jan, > > This is the 2nd version of FAN_REPORT_TARGET_FID patches [1]. > > In the first version, extra info records about new and old parent+name > were added to FAN_MOVED_FROM event. This version uses a new event > FAN_RENAME instead, to report those extra info records. > The new FAN_RENAME event was designed as a replacement for the > "inotify way" of joining the MOVED_FROM/MOVED_TO events using a cookie. > > FAN_RENAME event differs from MOVED_FROM/MOVED_TO events in several ways: > 1) The information about old/new names is provided in a single event > 2) When added to the ignored mask of a directory, FAN_RENAME is not > reported for renames to and from that directory > > The group flag FAN_REPORT_TARGET_FID adds an extra info record of > the child fid to all the dirent events, including FAN_REANME. > It is independent of the FAN_RENAME changes and implemented in the > first patch, so it can be picked regardless of the FAN_RENAME patches. > > Patches [2] and LTP test [3] are available on my github. > A man page draft will be provided later on. > > Thanks, > Amir. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20211029114028.569755-1-amir73il@xxxxxxxxx/ > [2] https://github.com/amir73il/linux/commits/fan_rename > [3] https://github.com/amir73il/ltp/commits/fan_rename Here is a first man page draft [4]. It based on top of both FAN_REPORT_PIDFD and FAN_FS_ERROR patches. I did not elaborate about the new info types yet in fanotify.7, because Matthew was going to rephrase the entire section about fanotify_event_info_header. Thanks, Amir. [4] https://github.com/amir73il/man-pages/commits/fan_rename
