The patch titled
Subject: sendfile: allows bypassing of notifier events
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
sendfile-allows-bypassing-of-notifier-events.patch
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From: Scott Wolchok <swolchok@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: sendfile: allows bypassing of notifier events
do_sendfile() in fs/read_write.c does not call the fsnotify functions,
unlike its neighbors. This manifests as a lack of inotify ACCESS events
when a file is sent using sendfile(2).
Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12812
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/read_write.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff -puN fs/read_write.c~sendfile-allows-bypassing-of-notifier-events fs/read_write.c
--- a/fs/read_write.c~sendfile-allows-bypassing-of-notifier-events
+++ a/fs/read_write.c
@@ -935,6 +935,8 @@ ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_f
if (retval > 0) {
add_rchar(current, retval);
add_wchar(current, retval);
+ fsnotify_access(in.file);
+ fsnotify_access(out.file);
}
inc_syscr(current);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from swolchok@xxxxxxxxx are
sendfile-allows-bypassing-of-notifier-events.patch
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