Hi Heinrich, On 04/27/2015 11:26 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > Since Linux 3.19 (820c12d5d6c0890bc93dd63893924a13041fdc35) > fallocate.2 creates FAN_MODIFY and IN_MODIFY events. > > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> > --- > man7/inotify.7 | 4 ---- > 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7 > index 3742bb8..ec62d16 100644 > --- a/man7/inotify.7 > +++ b/man7/inotify.7 > @@ -752,10 +752,6 @@ and also the possibility that there may not be any > .B IN_MOVED_TO > event. > .SH BUGS > -As of kernel 3.17, calling > -.BR fallocate (2) > -does not create any inotify events. > - > .\" FIXME . kernel commit 611da04f7a31b2208e838be55a42c7a1310ae321 > .\" implies that unmount events were buggy 2.6.11 to 2.6.36 > .\" Thanks. I instead applied the patch below, so as to preserve the historical details. Cheers, Michael --- a/man7/inotify.7 +++ b/man7/inotify.7 @@ -752,9 +752,16 @@ and also the possibility that there may not be any .B IN_MOVED_TO event. .SH BUGS -As of kernel 3.17, calling +Before Linux 3.19, .BR fallocate (2) -does not create any inotify events. +did not create any inotify events. +Since Linux 3.19, +.\" commit 820c12d5d6c0890bc93dd63893924a13041fdc35 +calls to +.BR fallocate (2) +generate +.B IN_MODIFY +events. .\" FIXME . kernel commit 611da04f7a31b2208e838be55a42c7a1310ae321 .\" implies that unmount events were buggy 2.6.11 to 2.6.36 -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
