Expose a new type of fsnotify event for filesystems to report errors for
userspace monitoring tools. fanotify will send this type of
notification for FAN_ERROR events.
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- Overload FS_ERROR with FS_IN_IGNORED
---
include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 1ce66748a2d2..bbef2df3fbc7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
#define FS_UNMOUNT 0x00002000 /* inode on umount fs */
#define FS_Q_OVERFLOW 0x00004000 /* Event queued overflowed */
+#define FS_ERROR 0x00008000 /* Filesystem Error (fanotify) */
+
+/*
+ * FS_IN_IGNORED overloads FS_ERROR. It is only used internally by inotify
+ * which does not support FS_ERROR.
+ */
#define FS_IN_IGNORED 0x00008000 /* last inotify event here */
#define FS_OPEN_PERM 0x00010000 /* open event in an permission hook */
@@ -95,7 +101,8 @@
#define ALL_FSNOTIFY_EVENTS (ALL_FSNOTIFY_DIRENT_EVENTS | \
FS_EVENTS_POSS_ON_CHILD | \
FS_DELETE_SELF | FS_MOVE_SELF | FS_DN_RENAME | \
- FS_UNMOUNT | FS_Q_OVERFLOW | FS_IN_IGNORED)
+ FS_UNMOUNT | FS_Q_OVERFLOW | FS_IN_IGNORED | \
+ FS_ERROR)
/* Extra flags that may be reported with event or control handling of events */
#define ALL_FSNOTIFY_FLAGS (FS_EXCL_UNLINK | FS_ISDIR | FS_IN_ONESHOT | \
@@ -248,6 +255,12 @@ enum fsnotify_data_type {
FSNOTIFY_EVENT_NONE,
FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH,
FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE,
+ FSNOTIFY_EVENT_ERROR,
+};
+
+struct fs_error_report {
+ int error;
+ struct inode *inode;
};
static inline struct inode *fsnotify_data_inode(const void *data, int data_type)
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2.31.0
