[LTP] [PATCH 1/3] fanotify13: Test watching overlayfs upper fs

[Amir Goldstein]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 1:37 PM Richard Palethorpe <rpalethorpe@suse.de> wrote:
>
> Hello Amir,
>
> Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Run a test variant with overlayfs (over all supported fs)
> > when watching the upper fs.
> >
> > This is a regression test for kernel fix bc2473c90fca
> > ("ovl: enable fsnotify events on underlying real files"),
> > from kernel 6.5, which is not likely to be backported to older kernels.
> >
> > To avoid waiting for events that won't arrive when testing old kernels,
> > require that kernel supports encoding fid with new flag AT_HADNLE_FID,
> > also merged to 6.5 and not likely to be backported to older kernels.
>
> Unfortunately Petr's not here at the moment.
>
> I guess this first patch doesn't require 6.6? So it could be merged
> independently without further considerations for what makes it into 6.6?
>

Yes that is correct.

Thanks,
Amir.