On Thu 28-11-24 15:25:32, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> Commit 2a010c412853 ("fs: don't block i_writecount during exec") removed
> the legacy behavior of getting ETXTBSY on attempt to open and executable
> file for write while it is being executed.
>
> This commit was reverted because an application that depends on this
> legacy behavior was broken by the change.
>
> We need to allow HSM writing into executable files while executed to
> fill their content on-the-fly.
>
> To that end, disable the ETXTBSY legacy behavior for files that are
> watched by pre-content events.
>
> This change is not expected to cause regressions with existing systems
> which do not have any pre-content event listeners.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
OK, I've picked up the patch to fsnotify_hsm branch with Christian's ack
and updated comments from Amir. Still waiting for Josef to give this a
final testing from their side but I've pulled the branch into for_next so
that it gets some exposure in linux-next as well.
Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
