Re: [LTP] [PATCH 1/3] fanotify13: Test watching overlayfs upper fs

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Hello Amir,

Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Run a test variant with overlayfs (over all supported fs)
> when watching the upper fs.
>
> This is a regression test for kernel fix bc2473c90fca
> ("ovl: enable fsnotify events on underlying real files"),
> from kernel 6.5, which is not likely to be backported to older kernels.
>
> To avoid waiting for events that won't arrive when testing old kernels,
> require that kernel supports encoding fid with new flag AT_HADNLE_FID,
> also merged to 6.5 and not likely to be backported to older kernels.

Unfortunately Petr's not here at the moment.

I guess this first patch doesn't require 6.6? So it could be merged
independently without further considerations for what makes it into 6.6?

-- 
Thank you,
Richard.



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