From: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk
Cc: raven@themaw.net, mszeredi@redhat.com, christian@brauner.io,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19] VFS: Filesystem information and notifications [ver #16]
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:23:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ba89cc20-ac0c-cf13-9953-5d5546aab6de@samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <158204549488.3299825.3783690177353088425.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
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Hi David,
I have a few generic remarks for new syscalls...
> (3) New single-bit capability flags can be added. This is a structure-typed
> attribute and, as such, (2) applies. Any bits you wanted but the kernel
> doesn't support are automatically set to 0.
>
> fsinfo() may be called like the following, for example:
>
> struct fsinfo_params params = {
> .at_flags = AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW,
Shouldn't all new syscalls be able to provide the RESOLVE_
Shouldn't all new syscalls be able to provide the RESOLVE_ flags
supported in openat2?
> .flags = FSINFO_FLAGS_QUERY_PATH,
> .request = FSINFO_ATTR_AFS_SERVER_ADDRESSES,
> .Nth = 2,
> };
> struct fsinfo_server_address address;
> len = fsinfo(AT_FDCWD, "/afs/grand.central.org/doc", ¶ms,
> &address, sizeof(address));
Also passing sizeof(params) would allow future updates of fsinfo_params,
also similar to openat2(), clone3()...
> ========================
> FILESYSTEM NOTIFICATIONS
> ========================
>
> The second system call, watch_mount(), places a watch on a point in the
> mount topology specified by the dirfd, path and at_flags parameters. All
> mount topology change and mount attribute change notifications in the
> subtree rooted at that point can be intercepted by the watch. Watches are
> ducted through pipes:
>
> int fd[2];
> pipe2(fd, O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE);
> ioctl(fd[0], IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_SIZE, BUF_SIZE);
> watch_mount(AT_FDCWD, "/", 0, fd[0], 0x02);
I guess similar things apply here.
Does that make sense to you?
metze
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Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-18 17:04 [PATCH 00/19] VFS: Filesystem information and notifications [ver #16] David Howells
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 01/19] vfs: syscall: Add fsinfo() to query filesystem information " David Howells
2020-02-19 16:31 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-19 20:07 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-20 10:34 ` David Howells
2020-02-20 15:48 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-20 11:03 ` David Howells
2020-02-20 14:54 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-20 15:31 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 02/19] fsinfo: Add syscalls to other arches " David Howells
2020-02-21 14:51 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-21 18:10 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 03/19] fsinfo: Provide a bitmap of supported features " David Howells
2020-02-19 16:37 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-20 12:22 ` David Howells
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 04/19] vfs: Add mount change counter " David Howells
2020-02-21 14:48 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 05/19] vfs: Introduce a non-repeating system-unique superblock ID " David Howells
2020-02-19 16:53 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-20 12:45 ` David Howells
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 06/19] vfs: Allow fsinfo() to look up a mount object by " David Howells
2020-02-21 15:09 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 07/19] vfs: Allow mount information to be queried by fsinfo() " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 08/19] vfs: fsinfo sample: Mount listing program " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 09/19] fsinfo: Allow the mount topology propogation flags to be retrieved " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 10/19] fsinfo: Add API documentation " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 11/19] afs: Support fsinfo() " David Howells
2020-02-19 21:01 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-20 12:58 ` David Howells
2020-02-20 14:58 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 13:26 ` David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 12/19] security: Add hooks to rule on setting a superblock or mount watch " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 13/19] vfs: Add a mount-notification facility " David Howells
2020-02-19 22:40 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-19 22:55 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 12:24 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 15:49 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 17:06 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 17:36 ` seq_lock and lockdep_is_held() assertions Jann Horn
2020-02-21 18:02 ` John Stultz
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 14/19] notifications: sample: Display mount tree change notifications [ver #16] David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 15/19] vfs: Add superblock " David Howells
2020-02-19 23:08 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 14:23 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 15:44 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 16:33 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 16:41 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 17:11 ` David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 16/19] fsinfo: Provide superblock notification counter " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:07 ` [PATCH 17/19] notifications: sample: Display superblock notifications " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:07 ` [PATCH 18/19] ext4: Add example fsinfo information " David Howells
2020-02-19 17:04 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-20 0:53 ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-21 14:43 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 16:26 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-18 17:07 ` [PATCH 19/19] nfs: Add example filesystem " David Howells
2020-02-20 2:13 ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-20 2:20 ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-18 18:12 ` David Howells
2020-02-19 10:23 ` Stefan Metzmacher [this message]
2020-02-19 14:46 ` [PATCH 00/19] VFS: Filesystem information and notifications " Christian Brauner
2020-02-19 15:50 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-20 4:42 ` Ian Kent
2020-02-20 9:09 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-20 11:30 ` Ian Kent
2020-02-19 16:16 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 12:57 ` David Howells
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