[PATCH 01/13] smb: add documentation references for smb2 change notify definitions

From: chenxiaosong . chenxiaosong
Date: Mon Dec 08 2025 - 20:12:01 EST


From: ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@xxxxxxxxxx>

To make it easier to locate the documentation during development.

Signed-off-by: ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h | 5 ++++-
fs/smb/common/smb2pdu.h | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h b/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h
index 49f35cb3cf2e..31c33e20b8ac 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h
@@ -1381,7 +1381,10 @@ typedef struct smb_com_transaction_change_notify_rsp {
#define FILE_ACTION_REMOVED_STREAM 0x00000007
#define FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED_STREAM 0x00000008

-/* response contains array of the following structures */
+/*
+ * response contains array of the following structures
+ * See MS-FSCC 2.7.1
+ */
struct file_notify_information {
__le32 NextEntryOffset;
__le32 Action;
diff --git a/fs/smb/common/smb2pdu.h b/fs/smb/common/smb2pdu.h
index f38c5739a9d2..7b954b607165 100644
--- a/fs/smb/common/smb2pdu.h
+++ b/fs/smb/common/smb2pdu.h
@@ -1002,7 +1002,10 @@ struct smb2_set_info_rsp {
#define FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_STREAM_SIZE 0x00000400
#define FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_STREAM_WRITE 0x00000800

-/* SMB2 Notify Action Flags */
+/*
+ * SMB2 Notify Action Flags
+ * See MS-FSCC 2.7.1
+ */
#define FILE_ACTION_ADDED 0x00000001
#define FILE_ACTION_REMOVED 0x00000002
#define FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED 0x00000003
@@ -1013,6 +1016,7 @@ struct smb2_set_info_rsp {
#define FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED_STREAM 0x00000008
#define FILE_ACTION_REMOVED_BY_DELETE 0x00000009

+/* See MS-SMB2 2.2.35 */
struct smb2_change_notify_req {
struct smb2_hdr hdr;
__le16 StructureSize;
@@ -1024,6 +1028,7 @@ struct smb2_change_notify_req {
__u32 Reserved;
} __packed;

+/* See MS-SMB2 2.2.36 */
struct smb2_change_notify_rsp {
struct smb2_hdr hdr;
__le16 StructureSize; /* Must be 9 */
--
2.43.0