Re: [PATCH 1/1] Document the new fanotify initialization flag FAN_REPORT_PIDFD

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On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:28 PM Matthew Bobrowski <repnop@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This provides an explanation on the kind of additional information that can
> be returned alongside the generic struct fanotify_event_metadata and in
> what form this additional contextual information is delievered to a
> listening application.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Bobrowski <repnop@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  man2/fanotify_init.2 | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  man7/fanotify.7      | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/fanotify_init.2 b/man2/fanotify_init.2
> index 0d83e817f..f65b4fa10 100644
> --- a/man2/fanotify_init.2
> +++ b/man2/fanotify_init.2
> @@ -298,6 +298,60 @@ for additional details.
>  This is a synonym for
>  .RB ( FAN_REPORT_DIR_FID | FAN_REPORT_NAME ).
>  .PP
> +.TP
> +.B FAN_REPORT_PIDFD " (since Linux 5.15)"

Matthew,

For v2, please document commit id.
Please also consider including below cleanup patch
to document commit ids that we missed in v5.9 update.

Thanks,
Amir.

--- a/man2/fanotify_init.2
+++ b/man2/fanotify_init.2
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ See
 for additional details.
 .TP
 .BR FAN_REPORT_DIR_FID " (since Linux 5.9)"
+.\" commit 83b7a59896dd24015a34b7f00027f0ff3747972f
 Events for fanotify groups initialized with this flag will contain
 (see exceptions below) additional information about a directory object
 correlated to an event.
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ See
 for additional details.
 .TP
 .BR FAN_REPORT_NAME " (since Linux 5.9)"
+.\" commit 929943b38daf817f2e6d303ea04401651fc3bc05
 Events for fanotify groups initialized with this flag will contain additional
 information about the name of the directory entry correlated to an event.
 This flag must be provided in conjunction with the flag



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