Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/10] Mount, FS, Block and Keyrings notifications [ver #3]
From: David Howells
Date: Thu Jun 06 2019 - 18:42:34 EST
Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I mean: are there cases where some action generates a notification but does
> not otherwise have an effect visible to the users who can receive the
> notification. It looks like the answer is probably ânoâ, which is good.
mount_notify(). You can get a notification that someone altered the mount
topology (eg. by mounting something). A process receiving a notification
could then use fsinfo(), say, to reread the mount topology tree, find out
where the new mount is and wander over there to have a look - assuming they
have the permissions for pathwalk to succeed.
David