On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 18:42, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 3:42 PM Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) > <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello Amir, Jan, > > > > On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 14:19, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 2:23 PM Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Michael! > > > > > > > > On Thu 23-04-20 12:36:26, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > > > > > Would you be able to take a look at > > > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198569 > > > > > > > > > > It relates to some text you added to the fanotify_mark(2) manual page: > > > > > > > > > > FAN_Q_OVERFLOW > > > > > Create an event when an overflow of the event queue occurs. > > > > > The size of the event queue is limited to 16384 entries if > > > > > FAN_UNLIMITED_QUEUE is not set in fanotify_init(2). > > > > > > > > > > This was in the following commit > > > > > > > > > > [[ > > > > > commit 5d730f864a6603b090cd1078668cede05d02b8c4 > > > > > Author: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> > > > > > Date: Tue Nov 8 23:13:38 2016 +0100 > > > > > > > > > > fanotify_mark.2: Mention FAN_Q_OVERFLOW > > > > > > > > > > To receive overflow events it is necessary to set this bit > > > > > in fanotify_mark(). > > > > > ]] > > > > > > > > > > As far as I can see, FAN_Q_OVERFLOW (test program, reading the kernel > > > > > source) is only an output flag. But on the other hand, I know you are > > > > > generally careful, so I wonder if something changed (though, at a > > > > > quick glance, I could not see evidence that it has). > > > > > > > > Yeah, the manpage is wrong AFAICT. FAN_Q_OVERFLOW is not accepted in the > > > > input mask. It is only output event flag. > > > > > > > > > > Right. > > > > > > Note that fanotify.7 documents FAN_Q_OVERFLOW as part of event output mask > > > so perhaps the FAN_Q_OVERFLOW entry for fanotify_mark.2 input mask should > > > just be removed? > > > > Yes, I'll just remove that piece from fanotify_mark.2. > > > > > > Similarly, the input only flag FAN_EVENT_ON_CHILD is documented in > > > fanotify_mark.2, but not in fanotify.7. > > > > > > FAN_ONDIR has been input only until v5.1 and since then it can also be > > > in output mask for group with FAN_REPORT_FID. > > > This is documented in fanotify_mark.2, but not in fanotify.7. > > > > I'm overlooking something: where is this detail documented in > > fanotify_mark.2? (I mean, I see mention of FAN_ONDIR, but no mention > > of a change in v5.1.) > > fanotify_mark.2: > The FAN_ONDIR flag is reported in an event mask only if the fanotify_fd > file descriptor has been initialized with the flag FAN_REPORT_FID. > > fanotify_init.2: > FAN_REPORT_FID (since Linux 5.1) > > > > > And would you be willing to write a small patch for fanotify.7 :-) ? > > > > I guess I was asking for it ;-) > I have some more work cut out for me on this man page for v5.7 or later. > Adding yet another fanotify_init flag, so I'll make this change part of my > next series. Thanks, Amir. I look forward to the patch(es). Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/