On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 5:42 AM Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > According to Amir: > > "FS_IN_IGNORED is completely internal to inotify and there is no need > to set it in i_fsnotify_mask at all, so if we remove the bit from the > output of inotify_arg_to_mask() no functionality will change and we will > be able to overload the event bit for FS_ERROR." > > This is done in preparation to overload FS_ERROR with the notification > mechanism in fanotify. > > Suggested-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c > index 98f61b31745a..4d17be6dd58d 100644 > --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c > +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c > @@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ static inline __u32 inotify_arg_to_mask(struct inode *inode, u32 arg) > __u32 mask; > > /* > - * Everything should accept their own ignored and should receive events > - * when the inode is unmounted. All directories care about children. > + * Everything should receive events when the inode is unmounted. > + * All directories care about children. > */ > - mask = (FS_IN_IGNORED | FS_UNMOUNT); > + mask = (FS_UNMOUNT); Nit: can remove () Thanks, Amir.
