[LTP] [PATCH v2 2/3] Add fanotify_get_supported_init_flags() helper function

[Martin Doucha]

On 24. 10. 22 15:08, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> Why is skipping the test better than passing the test?
> 
> The test wants to know that a specific flag combination is not allowed.
> 
> It is particarly not allowed also on old kernels that do not support 
> either individual flag.
> 
> What's the difference?
> 
> Who is going to gain anything from this change?
> 
> Sorry for being strict on this point
> I may be missing something.
> 
> Please clarify what it is the problem use case is and I will suggest a 
> solution, because I disagree with this solution.

We're running fanotify14 on kernel 5.3 and one of the subtests (test 
case #8) is using a flag that was added in kernel 5.9. But in this case, 
fanotify_init() is supposed to pass and then fanotify_mark() is supposed 
to fail because of mismatch between mark() and init() flags. I'm trying 
to fix this particular subtest failure caused by wrong feature check.

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