The patch titled sys_execve and sys_uselib do not call into fsnotify has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is sys_execve-and-sys_uselib-do-not-call-into-fsnotify.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: sys_execve and sys_uselib do not call into fsnotify From: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> sys_execve and sys_uselib do not call into fsnotify so inotify does not get open events for these types of syscalls. This patch simply makes the requisite fsnotify calls. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Frederik Deweerdt <frederik.deweerdt@xxxxxxxx> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/exec.c~sys_execve-and-sys_uselib-do-not-call-into-fsnotify fs/exec.c --- a/fs/exec.c~sys_execve-and-sys_uselib-do-not-call-into-fsnotify +++ a/fs/exec.c @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ #include <linux/audit.h> #include <linux/tracehook.h> #include <linux/kmod.h> +#include <linux/fsnotify.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include <asm/mmu_context.h> @@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __ if (IS_ERR(file)) goto out; + fsnotify_open(file->f_path.dentry); + error = -ENOEXEC; if(file->f_op) { struct linux_binfmt * fmt; @@ -680,6 +683,8 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name) if (IS_ERR(file)) return file; + fsnotify_open(file->f_path.dentry); + err = deny_write_access(file); if (err) { fput(file); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from eparis@xxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch sys_execve-and-sys_uselib-do-not-call-into-fsnotify.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