Re: [PATCH 1/1] fallocate: create FAN_MODIFY and IN_MODIFY events

From: Jan Kara
Date: Mon Oct 06 2014 - 10:12:33 EST


On Fri 03-10-14 10:19:30, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> The fanotify and the inotify API can used to monitor changes of the file
> system.
>
> System call fallocate modifies files. Hence it should trigger the corresponding
> fanotify (FAN_MODIFY) and inotify (IN_MODIFY) events.
>
> This patch adds the missing call to fsnotify_modify.
Well, there are different fallocate() commands and e.g. pure
FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE call will not change any data in the file. I'm not sure
how much we care but I wanted to point that out...

Honza

> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/open.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
> index d6fd3ac..03aa8e5 100644
> --- a/fs/open.c
> +++ b/fs/open.c
> @@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ int do_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
>
> sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
> ret = file->f_op->fallocate(file, mode, offset, len);
> +
> + /* Create inotify and fanotify events. */
> + if (ret == 0)
> + fsnotify_modify(file);
> +
> sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
> return ret;
> }
> --
> 2.1.0
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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