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I agree LTP has very comprehensive fanotify/inotify tests. However, the motivation for adding basic tests to kernel selftests is: - Quick and lightweight regression checking during kernel development/boot (no external LTP install needed) - Non-root basic cases (many LTP tests require root or complex setup) Similar to how selftests/mm or selftests/net have basic syscall wrappers even though LTP covers them deeply. Do you think a different approach (LTP improvement instead) would be better? Thanks, Jinseok