user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/fsnotify.h, branch v5.8.5

fanotify: send FAN_DIR_MODIFY event flavor with dir inode and name

2020-03-25T09:27:16Z

Dirent events are going to be supported in two flavors: 1. Directory fid info + mask that includes the specific event types (e.g. FAN_CREATE) and an optional FAN_ONDIR flag. 2. Directory fid info + name + mask that includes only FAN_DIR_MODIFY. To request the second event flavor, user needs to set the event type FAN_DIR_MODIFY in the mark mask. The first flavor is supported since kernel v5.1 for groups initialized with flag FAN_REPORT_FID. It is intended to be used for watching directories in "batch mode" - the watcher is notified when directory is changed and re-scans the directory content in response. This event flavor is stored more compactly in the event queue, so it is optimal for workloads with frequent directory changes. The second event flavor is intended to be used for watching large directories, where the cost of re-scan of the directory on every change is considered too high. The watcher getting the event with the directory fid and entry name is expected to call fstatat(2) to query the content of the entry after the change. Legacy inotify events are reported with name and event mask (e.g. "foo", FAN_CREATE | FAN_ONDIR). That can lead users to the conclusion that there is *currently* an entry "foo" that is a sub-directory, when in fact "foo" may be negative or non-dir by the time user gets the event. To make it clear that the current state of the named entry is unknown, when reporting an event with name info, fanotify obfuscates the specific event types (e.g. create,delete,rename) and uses a common event type - FAN_DIR_MODIFY to describe the change. This should make it harder for users to make wrong assumptions and write buggy filesystem monitors. At this point, name info reporting is not yet implemented, so trying to set FAN_DIR_MODIFY in mark mask will return -EINVAL. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200319151022.31456-12-amir73il@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

fsnotify: simplify arguments passing to fsnotify_parent()

2020-03-23T17:22:48Z

Instead of passing both dentry and path and having to figure out which one to use, pass data/data_type to simplify the code. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200319151022.31456-6-amir73il@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

fsnotify: funnel all dirent events through fsnotify_name()

2020-03-23T17:14:24Z

Factor out fsnotify_name() from fsnotify_dirent(), so it can also serve link and rename events and use this helper to report all directory entry change events. Both helpers return void because no caller checks their return value. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200319151022.31456-4-amir73il@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

fsnotify: factor helpers fsnotify_dentry() and fsnotify_file()

2020-03-23T17:11:39Z

Most of the code in fsnotify hooks is boiler plate of one or the other. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200319151022.31456-3-amir73il@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

fsnotify: get rid of fsnotify_nameremove()

2019-06-20T12:47:54Z

For all callers of fsnotify_{unlink,rmdir}(), we made sure that d_parent and d_name are stable. Therefore, fsnotify_{unlink,rmdir}() do not need the safety measures in fsnotify_nameremove() to stabilize parent and name. We can now simplify those hooks and get rid of fsnotify_nameremove(). Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

fsnotify: move fsnotify_nameremove() hook out of d_delete()

2019-06-20T12:47:44Z

d_delete() was piggy backed for the fsnotify_nameremove() hook when in fact not all callers of d_delete() care about fsnotify events. For all callers of d_delete() that may be interested in fsnotify events, we made sure to call one of fsnotify_{unlink,rmdir}() hooks before calling d_delete(). Now we can move the fsnotify_nameremove() call from d_delete() to the fsnotify_{unlink,rmdir}() hooks. Two explicit calls to fsnotify_nameremove() from nfs/afs sillyrename are also removed. This will cause a change of behavior - nfs/afs will NOT generate an fsnotify delete event when renaming over a positive dentry. This change is desirable, because it is consistent with the behavior of all other filesystems. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

fsnotify: add empty fsnotify_{unlink,rmdir}() hooks

2019-06-20T12:44:55Z

We would like to move fsnotify_nameremove() calls from d_delete() into a higher layer where the hook makes more sense and so we can consider every d_delete() call site individually. Start by creating empty hook fsnotify_{unlink,rmdir}() and place them in the proper VFS call sites. After all d_delete() call sites will be converted to use the new hook, the new hook will generate the delete events and fsnotify_nameremove() hook will be removed. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

Merge tag 'fsnotify_for_v5.2-rc1' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs

2019-05-13T22:08:16Z

Pull fsnotify fixes from Jan Kara: "Two fsnotify fixes" * tag 'fsnotify_for_v5.2-rc1' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs: fsnotify: fix unlink performance regression fsnotify: Clarify connector assignment in fsnotify_add_mark_list()

fsnotify: fix unlink performance regression

2019-05-09T10:44:00Z

__fsnotify_parent() has an optimization in place to avoid unneeded take_dentry_name_snapshot(). When fsnotify_nameremove() was changed not to call __fsnotify_parent(), we left out the optimization. Kernel test robot reported a 5% performance regression in concurrent unlink() workload. Reported-by: kernel test robot Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190505062153.GG29809@shao2-debian/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20190104090357.GD22409@quack2.suse.cz/ Fixes: 5f02a8776384 ("fsnotify: annotate directory entry modification events") CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

fsnotify(): switch to passing const struct qstr * for file_name

2019-04-26T17:37:25Z

Note that in fnsotify_move() and fsnotify_link() we are guaranteed that dentry->d_name won't change during the fsnotify() evaluation (by having the parent directory locked exclusive), so we don't need to fetch dentry->d_name.name in the callers. In fsnotify_dirent() the same stability of dentry->d_name is also true, but it's a bit more convoluted - there is one callchain (devpts_pty_new() -> fsnotify_create() -> fsnotify_dirent()) where the parent is _not_ locked, but on devpts ->d_name of everything is unchanging; it has neither explicit nor implicit renames. Signed-off-by: Al Viro