On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Sushil Mantri <sushilmantri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > Sorry but this isn't a ext4 specific question but a general filesystem question. > > I am looking for a way to track filesystem level operation like > operation(read/write), filename, offset, size of read/write, pid of > the requesting process. The goal of my project is to collect such > traces and understand access usage of directories and more. I would > like to filter other operation like open,close, etc and requests to > procfs, etc. There was a stackable file system earlier called Tracefs. > It isn't supported anymore though. The original paper can be found > here: filesystems.org/docs/tracefs-fast04/tracefs.ps > > Can you please suggest me what is the best option i have. I am > currently looking at SystemTap. > > Thanks, > Sushil I think you're looking for either inotify or fanotify. You might have better luck asking in the vfs mailinglist. (linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
