On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 20:23 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: > Andreas Dilger wrote: > > On Jul 25, 2009 01:29 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > > Eric Paris wrote: > What's wrong with fanotify-using applications generating events when > they modify files themselves? > > An example was given where app A gets an event and modifies the file, > then app B gets an event and modifies the file, and app A... cycling. No the example was the 'open' which the kernel does on behalf of the listener. I'm thinking now I should only exclude OPEN OPEN_PERM ACCESS_PERM as those are the only 3 event types I can see deadlock/recursion problems with. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
