Re: [PATCH 1/2] fsnotify: Do not generate events for O_PATH file descriptors

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 18:23:00 +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> Currently we will not generate FS_OPEN events for O_PATH file
> descriptors but we will generate FS_CLOSE events for them. This is
> asymmetry is confusing. Arguably no fsnotify events should be generated
> for O_PATH file descriptors as they cannot be used to access or modify
> file content, they are just convenient handles to file objects like
> paths. So fix the asymmetry by stopping to generate FS_CLOSE for O_PATH
> file descriptors.
> 
> [...]

I added a Cc stable to the first patch because this seems like a bugfix
per the mail discussion.

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Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/2] fsnotify: Do not generate events for O_PATH file descriptors
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/702eb71fd650
[2/2] vfs: generate FS_CREATE before FS_OPEN when ->atomic_open used.
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/7d1cf5e624ef