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Tue, 26 May 2026 08:19:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 23:19:30 +0800 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 03/10] fstests: add test for inotify isolation on cloned devices To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Anand Jain , fstests@vger.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, amir73il@gmail.com, zlang@redhat.com References: <1c60be06ce79778404079c8b1c1d2e09f64cb38e.1779367627.git.asj@kernel.org> Content-Language: en-US From: Anand Jain In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 26/5/26 14:28, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 04:35:58PM +0800, Anand Jain wrote: >>> Also any reason to rely on the obsolete inotify instead of fsnotify? >> >> fsnotify is exercised in patch 4/10. >> IMO, exercising inotify ensures we don't break legacy stuff. > > fanotity and inotify use exactly the same backends, so I'm not sure > why testing both matters. I noticed that back then I decided to keep both. Since fsnotifywait -F is only supported from kernel 5.1x. inotifywait serves the legacy LTS kernels where required. > Not that I care very strongly, I'm just a > bit confused. I am happy dropping inotifywait if unnecessary and confusing. Thanks.