Re: [PATCH 1/1] fanotify.7: clarify effects of file moves

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 08/06/2015 10:49 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> If files or directories are moved to other mounts the inode is
> deleted. Fanotify marks are lost.

Thanks, Heinrich. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man7/fanotify.7 | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7
> index 54b1ea6..f63fb51 100644
> --- a/man7/fanotify.7
> +++ b/man7/fanotify.7
> @@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ ignore mask and the file cache entry can be updated.
>  .PP
>  The entries in the fanotify notification groups refer to files and
>  directories via their inode number and to mounts via their mount ID.
> -If files or directories are renamed or moved,
> +If files or directories are renamed or moved within the same mount,
>  the respective entries survive.
> -If files or directories are deleted or mounts are unmounted,
> -the corresponding entries are deleted.
> +If files or directories are deleted or moved to another mount or if mounts are
> +unmounted, the corresponding entries are deleted.
>  .SS The event queue
>  As events occur on the filesystem objects monitored by a notification group,
>  the fanotify system generates events that are collected in a queue.
> 


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