The patch titled inotify: send IN_ATTRIB events when link count changes has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is inotify-send-in_attrib-events-when-link-count-changes.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: inotify: send IN_ATTRIB events when link count changes From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Send inotify events to the inode itself when its link count has changed. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Morten Welinder <mwelinder@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Robert Love <rlove@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: John McCutchan <ttb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 3 ++- include/linux/fsnotify.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/namei.c~inotify-send-in_attrib-events-when-link-count-changes fs/namei.c --- a/fs/namei.c~inotify-send-in_attrib-events-when-link-count-changes +++ a/fs/namei.c @@ -2189,6 +2189,7 @@ int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct /* We don't d_delete() NFS sillyrenamed files--they still exist. */ if (!error && !(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) { + fsnotify_link_count(dentry->d_inode); d_delete(dentry); } @@ -2361,7 +2362,7 @@ int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, error = dir->i_op->link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry); mutex_unlock(&old_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); if (!error) - fsnotify_create(dir, new_dentry); + fsnotify_link(dir, new_dentry); return error; } diff -puN include/linux/fsnotify.h~inotify-send-in_attrib-events-when-link-count-changes include/linux/fsnotify.h --- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h~inotify-send-in_attrib-events-when-link-count-changes +++ a/include/linux/fsnotify.h @@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ static inline void fsnotify_inoderemove( } /* + * fsnotify_link_count - inode's link count changed + */ +static inline void fsnotify_link_count(struct inode *inode) +{ + inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, IN_ATTRIB, 0, NULL, NULL); +} + +/* * fsnotify_create - 'name' was linked in */ static inline void fsnotify_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry) @@ -103,6 +111,18 @@ static inline void fsnotify_create(struc } /* + * fsnotify_link - new hardlink in 'inode' directory + */ +static inline void fsnotify_link(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *new_dentry) +{ + inode_dir_notify(inode, DN_CREATE); + inotify_inode_queue_event(inode, IN_CREATE, 0, new_dentry->d_name.name, + new_dentry->d_inode); + fsnotify_link_count(new_dentry->d_inode); + audit_inode_child(new_dentry->d_name.name, new_dentry, inode); +} + +/* * fsnotify_mkdir - directory 'name' was created */ static inline void fsnotify_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jack@xxxxxxx are git-ocfs2.patch inotify-send-in_attrib-events-when-link-count-changes.patch r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-some-ioctls-vs-forbid-user-to-change-file-flags-on-quota-files.patch iget-stop-ext3-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch iget-stop-ext3-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try-checkpatch-fixes.patch iget-stop-ext4-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-try.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html