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

[Petr Vorel]

Hi Amir, Richie,

> 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.

I'm finally back :).

Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>

I'll ask Cyril this patch to be merged before LTP release (final day today
before git freeze).

Kind regards,
Petr

> Thanks,
> Amir.