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[31.168.166.253]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-4836cd7af87sm321885895e9.1.2026.02.16.08.21.12 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:21:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:21:11 +0200 From: Amir Goldstein To: "T.J. Mercier" Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, tj@kernel.org, driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Kara , shuah@kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] kernfs: Add inotify IN_DELETE_SELF, IN_IGNORED support for files Message-ID: References: <20260212215814.629709-1-tjmercier@google.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260212215814.629709-1-tjmercier@google.com> On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 01:58:11PM -0800, T.J. Mercier wrote: > This series adds support for IN_DELETE_SELF and IN_IGNORED inotify > events to kernfs files. > > Currently, kernfs (used by cgroup and others) supports IN_MODIFY events > but fails to notify watchers when the file is removed (e.g. during > cgroup destruction). This forces userspace monitors to maintain resource > intensive side-channels like pidfds, procfs polling, or redundant > directory watches to detect when a cgroup dies and a watched file is > removed. > > By generating IN_DELETE_SELF events on destruction, we allow watchers to > rely on a single watch descriptor for the entire lifecycle of the > monitored file, reducing resource usage (file descriptors, CPU cycles) > and complexity in userspace. > > The series is structured as follows: > Patch 1 refactors kernfs_elem_attr to support arbitrary event types. > Patch 2 implements the logic to generate DELETE_SELF and IGNORED events > on file removal. > Patch 3 adds selftests to verify the new behavior. > > --- > Changes in v2: > Remove unused variables from new selftests per kernel test robot > Fix kernfs_type argument per Tejun > Inline checks for FS_MODIFY, FS_DELETE in kernfs_notify_workfn per Tejun > > T.J. Mercier (3): > kernfs: allow passing fsnotify event types > kernfs: send IN_DELETE_SELF and IN_IGNORED on file deletion > selftests: memcg: Add tests IN_DELETE_SELF and IN_IGNORED on > memory.events > > fs/kernfs/dir.c | 21 +++ > fs/kernfs/file.c | 20 ++- > fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h | 3 + > include/linux/kernfs.h | 1 + > .../selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c | 122 ++++++++++++++++++ > 5 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > > base-commit: ba268514ea14b44570030e8ed2aef92a38679e85 > -- > 2.53.0.273.g2a3d683680-goog > In future posts, please CC inotify patches to fsdevel and inotify maintainers. Thanks, Amir.