Re: [patch] fanotify.7, fanotify_init.2, fanotify_mark.2: Document FAN_REPORT_FID and directory modification events

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On Mon 25-03-19 11:51:39, Matthew Bobrowski wrote:
> Details relating to the new initialization flag FAN_REPORT_FID has been
> added. As part of the FAN_REPORT_FID feature, a new set of event masks are
> available and have been documented accordingly.
> 
> A simple example program has been added to also support the understanding
> and use case of FAN_REPORT_FID.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Bobrowski <mbobrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me, you can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Two nits below:

> +.I hdr
> +This is a structure of type
> +.IR fanotify_event_info_header .
> +It is a generic header that contains information used to describe
> +additional information attached to the event.
> +For example, when an fanotify file descriptor is created using
> +.B FAN_REPORT_FID
> +the
> +.I info_type
> +field of this header is set to
> +.BR FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_FID .
> +Event listeners can use this field to check that events of the correct
                                                    ^^^ additional
information of the correct type?

...

> +    /* Process all events within the buffer */
> +    for (metadata = (struct fanotify_event_metadata *) events_buf;
> +            FAN_EVENT_OK(metadata, len);
> +            metadata = FAN_EVENT_NEXT(metadata, len)) {
> +        fid = (struct fanotify_event_info_fid *) (metadata + 1);
> +        file_handle = (struct file_handle *) fid->handle;
> +
> +        /* Ensure that the event info is of the correct type */
> +        if (fid->hdr.info_type != FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_FID) {
> +            fprintf(stderr, "Received unexpected event type.\\n");
						    ^^^ event info type?

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR



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