watch_mount(), watch_sb(), and fsinfo() (again)
watch_mount(), watch_sb(), and fsinfo() (again)
Posted Feb 25, 2020 10:11 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: watch_mount(), watch_sb(), and fsinfo() (again) by smurf
Parent article: watch_mount(), watch_sb(), and fsinfo() (again)
Yes, I actually wanted to ask the same. Why not extend fanotify?
Posted Feb 25, 2020 14:38 UTC (Tue)
by alison (subscriber, #63752)
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The author of "man fanotify" appears to have the same question:
The fanotify API provides notification and interception of filesystem events.
watch_mount(), watch_sb(), and fsinfo() (again)
>Why not extend fanotify?
Use cases include virus scanning and hierarchical storage management. **Cur‐
rently, only a limited set of events is supported.**