Re: [patch] fanotify: Add new masks FAN_OPEN_EXEC and FAN_OPEN_EXEC_PERM

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On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 02:04:07PM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> <mbobrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > fanotify.7: Added FAN_OPEN_EXEC and FAN_OPEN_EXEC_PERM
> > fanotify_mark.2: Added FAN_OPEN_EXEC and FAN_OPEN_EXEC_PERM
> 
> This subject is a mouthful. (I guess my review was on two separate patches)
> For a single patch that should do:
> 
> fanotify: Document FAN_OPEN_EXEC and FAN_OPEN_EXEC_PERM

Good point. I will update it.
 
> >
> > New event masks have been added to the fanotify API. Documentation to
> > support the use and behaviour of these new masks has been added
> > accordingly.
> >
> > Grammatical corrections have also been applied to files, where
> > necessary.
> 
> I remember stating my opinion that most developers assimilate fanotify
> with fsnotify and therefore pronounce it F.A.notify, which doesn't align
> with the "s/an fanotify/a fanotify" change. And you noted that "a fanotify"
> is the correct form.
> 
> Anyway, it is up to Michael to make the final call, but I really don't think
> that you should mix this specific change together with your patch.
> It's a separate issue, not a minor typo fix, that should go in with an
> separate patch.

That's a fair call so I will go ahead and revert these changes.

Michael,

Please disregard this patch series as I will revert the changes that Amir is
referring too and submit it through once again shortly.

-- 
Matthew Bobrowski



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