Re: [PATCH v8 04/13] fstests: add _require_fanotify_function

[Anand Suveer Jain <asj@kernel.org>]

On 1/9/26 23:42, Zorro Lang wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 03:39:01PM +0800, Anand Jain wrote:
>> fanotify support may not be compiled into the kernel. Add
>> _require_fanotify_function to skip tests when fanotify is disabled.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anand Jain <asj@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>  common/rc | 7 +++++++
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
>> index 53e5d9d43af6..21b516accdf7 100644
>> --- a/common/rc
>> +++ b/common/rc
>> @@ -6329,6 +6329,13 @@ _require_max_file_range_blocks()
>>  	esac
>>  }
>>  
>> +_require_fanotify_function()
>> +{
>> +        if $FSNOTIFYWAIT_PROG 2>&1 | grep -q "Function not implemented"; then
>> +                _notrun "Need CONFIG_FANOTIFY and CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS to be enabled"
>> +        fi
> 
> What happens if $FSNOTIFYWAIT_PROG fails with an error other than
> 'Function not implemented'?

The known failure conditions, the availability of the fsnotifywait
userspace tool and the kernel configuration are checked.

For any other errors, the test case (generic/801) will fail
during monitor setup and log the error to stdout for debugging.

Thanks, Anand

> Thanks,
> Zorro
> 
>> +}
>> +
>>  _require_fanotify_ioerrors()
>>  {
>>  	local x
>> -- 
>> 2.43.0
>>