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2009-06-11btrfs: remove ->write_super and stop maintaining ->s_dirtChristoph Hellwig
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11quota: Introduce writeout_quota_sb() (version 4)Jan Kara
Introduce this function which just writes all the quota structures but avoids all the syncing and cache pruning work to expose quota structures to userspace. Use this function from __sync_filesystem when wait == 0. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11quota: cleanup dquota sync functions (version 4)Christoph Hellwig
Currently the VFS calls vfs_dq_sync to sync out disk quotas for a given superblock. This is a small wrapper around sync_dquots which for the case of a non-NULL superblock is a small wrapper around quota_sync_sb. Just make quota_sync_sb global (rename it to sync_quota_sb) and call it directly. Also call it directly for those cases in quota.c that have a superblock and leave sync_dquots purely an iterator over sync_quota_sb and remove it's superblock argument. To make this nicer move the check for the lack of a quota_sync method from the callers into sync_quota_sb. [folded build fix from Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com>] Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11vfs: Rename fsync_super() to sync_filesystem() (version 4)Jan Kara
Rename the function so that it better describe what it really does. Also remove the unnecessary include of buffer_head.h. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11vfs: Move syncing code from super.c to sync.c (version 4)Jan Kara
Move sync_filesystems(), __fsync_super(), fsync_super() from super.c to sync.c where it fits better. [build fixes folded] Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11vfs: Make sys_sync() use fsync_super() (version 4)Jan Kara
It is unnecessarily fragile to have two places (fsync_super() and do_sync()) doing data integrity sync of the filesystem. Alter __fsync_super() to accommodate needs of both callers and use it. So after this patch __fsync_super() is the only place where we gather all the calls needed to properly send all data on a filesystem to disk. Nice bonus is that we get a complete livelock avoidance and write_supers() is now only used for periodic writeback of superblocks. sync_blockdevs() introduced a couple of patches ago is gone now. [build fixes folded] Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11vfs: Make __fsync_super() a static function (version 4)Jan Kara
__fsync_super() does the same thing as fsync_super(). So change the only caller to use fsync_super() and make __fsync_super() static. This removes unnecessarily duplicated call to sync_blockdev() and prepares ground for the changes to __fsync_super() in the following patches. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11vfs: Call ->sync_fs() even if s_dirt is 0 (version 4)Jan Kara
sync_filesystems() has a condition that if wait == 0 and s_dirt == 0, then ->sync_fs() isn't called. This does not really make much sence since s_dirt is generally used by a filesystem to mean that ->write_super() needs to be called. But ->sync_fs() does different things. I even suspect that some filesystems (btrfs?) sets s_dirt just to fool this logic. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11vfs: Fix sys_sync() and fsync_super() reliability (version 4)Jan Kara
So far, do_sync() called: sync_inodes(0); sync_supers(); sync_filesystems(0); sync_filesystems(1); sync_inodes(1); This ordering makes it kind of hard for filesystems as sync_inodes(0) need not submit all the IO (for example it skips inodes with I_SYNC set) so e.g. forcing transaction to disk in ->sync_fs() is not really enough. Therefore sys_sync has not been completely reliable on some filesystems (ext3, ext4, reiserfs, ocfs2 and others are hit by this) when racing e.g. with background writeback. A similar problem hits also other filesystems (e.g. ext2) because of write_supers() being called before the sync_inodes(1). Change the ordering of calls in do_sync() - this requires a new function sync_blockdevs() to preserve the property that block devices are always synced after write_super() / sync_fs() call. The same issue is fixed in __fsync_super() function used on umount / remount read-only. [AV: build fixes] Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11remove s_async_listChristoph Hellwig
Remove the unused s_async_list in the superblock, a leftover of the broken async inode deletion code that leaked into mainline. Having this in the middle of the sync/unmount path is not helpful for the following cleanups. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11fs: move mark_files_ro into file_table.cnpiggin@suse.de
This function walks the s_files lock, and operates primarily on the files in a superblock, so it better belongs here (eg. see also fs_may_remount_ro). [AV: ... and it shouldn't be static after that move] Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11fs: introduce mnt_clone_writenpiggin@suse.de
This patch speeds up lmbench lat_mmap test by about another 2% after the first patch. Before: avg = 462.286 std = 5.46106 After: avg = 453.12 std = 9.58257 (50 runs of each, stddev gives a reasonable confidence) It does this by introducing mnt_clone_write, which avoids some heavyweight operations of mnt_want_write if called on a vfsmount which we know already has a write count; and mnt_want_write_file, which can call mnt_clone_write if the file is open for write. After these two patches, mnt_want_write and mnt_drop_write go from 7% on the profile down to 1.3% (including mnt_clone_write). [AV: mnt_want_write_file() should take file alone and derive mnt from it; not only all callers have that form, but that's the only mnt about which we know that it's already held for write if file is opened for write] Cc: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11fs: mnt_want_write speedupnpiggin@suse.de
This patch speeds up lmbench lat_mmap test by about 8%. lat_mmap is set up basically to mmap a 64MB file on tmpfs, fault in its pages, then unmap it. A microbenchmark yes, but it exercises some important paths in the mm. Before: avg = 501.9 std = 14.7773 After: avg = 462.286 std = 5.46106 (50 runs of each, stddev gives a reasonable confidence, but there is quite a bit of variation there still) It does this by removing the complex per-cpu locking and counter-cache and replaces it with a percpu counter in struct vfsmount. This makes the code much simpler, and avoids spinlocks (although the msync is still pretty costly, unfortunately). It results in about 900 bytes smaller code too. It does increase the size of a vfsmount, however. It should also give a speedup on large systems if CPUs are frequently operating on different mounts (because the existing scheme has to operate on an atomic in the struct vfsmount when switching between mounts). But I'm most interested in the single threaded path performance for the moment. [AV: minor cleanup] Cc: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11Move junk from proc_fs.h to fs/proc/internal.hAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11switch lookup_mnt()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11switch follow_mount()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11switch follow_down()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11Switch collect_mounts() to struct pathAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11switch follow_up() to struct pathAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11switch rqst_exp_parent()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11switch rqst_exp_get_by_name()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11switch exp_parent() to struct pathAl Viro
... and lose the always-NULL last argument (non-NULL case had been split off a while ago). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11nfsd struct path use: exp_get_by_name()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11Don't bother with check_mnt() in do_add_mount() on shrinkable onesAl Viro
These guys are what we add as submounts; checks for "is that attached in our namespace" are simply irrelevant for those and counterproductive for use of private vfsmount trees a-la what NFS folks want. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11Make vfs_path_lookup() use starting point as rootAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11Cache root in nameidataAl Viro
New field: nd->root. When pathname resolution wants to know the root, check if nd->root.mnt is non-NULL; use nd->root if it is, otherwise copy current->fs->root there. After path_walk() is finished, we check if we'd got a cached value in nd->root and drop it. Before calling path_walk() we should either set nd->root.mnt to NULL *or* copy (and pin down) some path to nd->root. In the latter case we won't be looking at current->fs->root at all. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11Preparations to caching root in path_walk()Al Viro
Split do_path_lookup(), opencode the call from do_filp_open() do_filp_open() is the only caller of do_path_lookup() that cares about root afterwards (it keeps resolving symlinks on O_CREAT path after it'd done LOOKUP_PARENT walk). So when we start caching fs->root in path_walk(), it'll need a different treatment. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11Get rid of path_lookup in autofs4Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11reiserfs: allow exposing privroot w/ xattrs enabledJeff Mahoney
This patch adds an -oexpose_privroot option to allow access to the privroot. Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-11Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-unstableLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-unstable: (23 commits) Btrfs: fix extent_buffer leak during tree log replay Btrfs: fix oops when btrfs_inherit_iflags called with a NULL dir Btrfs: fix -o nodatasum printk spelling Btrfs: check duplicate backrefs for both data and metadata Btrfs: init worker struct fields before kthread-run Btrfs: pin buffers during write_dev_supers Btrfs: avoid races between super writeout and device list updates Fix btrfs when ACLs are configured out Btrfs: fdatasync should skip metadata writeout Btrfs: remove crc32c.h and use libcrc32c directly. Btrfs: implement FS_IOC_GETFLAGS/SETFLAGS/GETVERSION Btrfs: autodetect SSD devices Btrfs: add mount -o ssd_spread to spread allocations out Btrfs: avoid allocation clusters that are too spread out Btrfs: Add mount -o nossd Btrfs: avoid IO stalls behind congested devices in a multi-device FS Btrfs: don't allow WRITE_SYNC bios to starve out regular writes Btrfs: fix metadata dirty throttling limits Btrfs: reduce mount -o ssd CPU usage Btrfs: balance btree more often ...
2009-06-11Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notifyLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notify: fsnotify: allow groups to set freeing_mark to null inotify/dnotify: should_send_event shouldn't match on FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD dnotify: do not bother to lock entry->lock when reading mask dnotify: do not use ?true:false when assigning to a bool fsnotify: move events should indicate the event was on a child inotify: reimplement inotify using fsnotify fsnotify: handle filesystem unmounts with fsnotify marks fsnotify: fsnotify marks on inodes pin them in core fsnotify: allow groups to add private data to events fsnotify: add correlations between events fsnotify: include pathnames with entries when possible fsnotify: generic notification queue and waitq dnotify: reimplement dnotify using fsnotify fsnotify: parent event notification fsnotify: add marks to inodes so groups can interpret how to handle those inodes fsnotify: unified filesystem notification backend
2009-06-11Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://linux-arm.org/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://linux-arm.org/linux-2.6: kmemleak: Add the corresponding MAINTAINERS entry kmemleak: Simple testing module for kmemleak kmemleak: Enable the building of the memory leak detector kmemleak: Remove some of the kmemleak false positives kmemleak: Add modules support kmemleak: Add kmemleak_alloc callback from alloc_large_system_hash kmemleak: Add the vmalloc memory allocation/freeing hooks kmemleak: Add the slub memory allocation/freeing hooks kmemleak: Add the slob memory allocation/freeing hooks kmemleak: Add the slab memory allocation/freeing hooks kmemleak: Add documentation on the memory leak detector kmemleak: Add the base support Manual conflict resolution (with the slab/earlyboot changes) in: drivers/char/vt.c init/main.c mm/slab.c
2009-06-11Merge branch 'perfcounters-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'perfcounters-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (574 commits) perf_counter: Turn off by default perf_counter: Add counter->id to the throttle event perf_counter: Better align code perf_counter: Rename L2 to LL cache perf_counter: Standardize event names perf_counter: Rename enums perf_counter tools: Clean up u64 usage perf_counter: Rename perf_counter_limit sysctl perf_counter: More paranoia settings perf_counter: powerpc: Implement generalized cache events for POWER processors perf_counters: powerpc: Add support for POWER7 processors perf_counter: Accurate period data perf_counter: Introduce struct for sample data perf_counter tools: Normalize data using per sample period data perf_counter: Annotate exit ctx recursion perf_counter tools: Propagate signals properly perf_counter tools: Small frequency related fixes perf_counter: More aggressive frequency adjustment perf_counter/x86: Fix the model number of Intel Core2 processors perf_counter, x86: Correct some event and umask values for Intel processors ...
2009-06-11Merge branch 'topic/slab/earlyboot' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6 * 'topic/slab/earlyboot' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6: vgacon: use slab allocator instead of the bootmem allocator irq: use kcalloc() instead of the bootmem allocator sched: use slab in cpupri_init() sched: use alloc_cpumask_var() instead of alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var() memcg: don't use bootmem allocator in setup code irq/cpumask: make memoryless node zero happy x86: remove some alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var calling vt: use kzalloc() instead of the bootmem allocator sched: use kzalloc() instead of the bootmem allocator init: introduce mm_init() vmalloc: use kzalloc() instead of alloc_bootmem() slab: setup allocators earlier in the boot sequence bootmem: fix slab fallback on numa bootmem: use slab if bootmem is no longer available
2009-06-11fsnotify: allow groups to set freeing_mark to nullEric Paris
Most fsnotify listeners (all but inotify) do not care about marks being freed. Allow groups to set freeing_mark to null and do not call any function if it is set that way. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-11inotify/dnotify: should_send_event shouldn't match on FS_EVENT_ON_CHILDEric Paris
inotify and dnotify will both indicate that they want any event which came from a child inode. The fix is to mask off FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD when deciding if inotify or dnotify is interested in a given event. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-11dnotify: do not bother to lock entry->lock when reading maskEric Paris
entry->lock is needed to make sure entry->mask does not change while manipulating it. In dnotify_should_send_event() we don't care if we get an old or a new mask value out of this entry so there is no point it taking the lock. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-11dnotify: do not use ?true:false when assigning to a boolEric Paris
dnotify_should send event assigned a bool using ?true:false when computing a bit operation. This is poitless and the bool type does this for us. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-11fsnotify: move events should indicate the event was on a childEric Paris
fsnotify tells its listeners explicitly when an event happened on the given inode verses on the child of the given inode. (see __fsnotify_parent) However, the semantics of fsnotify_move() are such that we deliver events directly to the two parent directories in question (old_dir and new_dir) directly without using the __fsnotify_parent() call. fsnotify should be adding FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD for the notifications to these parents. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-11inotify: reimplement inotify using fsnotifyEric Paris
Reimplement inotify_user using fsnotify. This should be feature for feature exactly the same as the original inotify_user. This does not make any changes to the in kernel inotify feature used by audit. Those patches (and the eventual removal of in kernel inotify) will come after the new inotify_user proves to be working correctly. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2009-06-11fsnotify: handle filesystem unmounts with fsnotify marksEric Paris
When an fs is unmounted with an fsnotify mark entry attached to one of its inodes we need to destroy that mark entry and we also (like inotify) send an unmount event. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2009-06-11fsnotify: fsnotify marks on inodes pin them in coreEric Paris
This patch pins any inodes with an fsnotify mark in core. The idea is that as soon as the mark is removed from the inode->fsnotify_mark_entries list the inode will be iput. In reality is doesn't quite work exactly this way. The igrab will happen when the mark is added to an inode, but the iput will happen when the inode pointer is NULL'd inside the mark. It's possible that 2 racing things will try to remove the mark from different directions. One may try to remove the mark because of an explicit request and one might try to remove it because the inode was deleted. It's possible that the removal because of inode deletion will remove the mark from the inode's list, but the removal by explicit request will actually set entry->inode == NULL; and call the iput. This is safe. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2009-06-11fsnotify: allow groups to add private data to eventsEric Paris
inotify needs per group information attached to events. This patch allows groups to attach private information and implements a callback so that information can be freed when an event is being destroyed. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2009-06-11fsnotify: add correlations between eventsEric Paris
As part of the standard inotify events it includes a correlation cookie between two dentry move operations. This patch includes the same behaviour in fsnotify events. It is needed so that inotify userspace can be implemented on top of fsnotify. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2009-06-11fsnotify: include pathnames with entries when possibleEric Paris
When inotify wants to send events to a directory about a child it includes the name of the original file. This patch collects that filename and makes it available for notification. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2009-06-11fsnotify: generic notification queue and waitqEric Paris
inotify needs to do asyc notification in which event information is stored on a queue until the listener is ready to receive it. This patch implements a generic notification queue for inotify (and later fanotify) to store events to be sent at a later time. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2009-06-11dnotify: reimplement dnotify using fsnotifyEric Paris
Reimplement dnotify using fsnotify. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2009-06-11fsnotify: parent event notificationEric Paris
inotify and dnotify both use a similar parent notification mechanism. We add a generic parent notification mechanism to fsnotify for both of these to use. This new machanism also adds the dentry flag optimization which exists for inotify to dnotify. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2009-06-11fsnotify: add marks to inodes so groups can interpret how to handle those inodesEric Paris
This patch creates a way for fsnotify groups to attach marks to inodes. These marks have little meaning to the generic fsnotify infrastructure and thus their meaning should be interpreted by the group that attached them to the inode's list. dnotify and inotify will make use of these markings to indicate which inodes are of interest to their respective groups. But this implementation has the useful property that in the future other listeners could actually use the marks for the exact opposite reason, aka to indicate which inodes it had NO interest in. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2009-06-11fsnotify: unified filesystem notification backendEric Paris
fsnotify is a backend for filesystem notification. fsnotify does not provide any userspace interface but does provide the basis needed for other notification schemes such as dnotify. fsnotify can be extended to be the backend for inotify or the upcoming fanotify. fsnotify provides a mechanism for "groups" to register for some set of filesystem events and to then deliver those events to those groups for processing. fsnotify has a number of benefits, the first being actually shrinking the size of an inode. Before fsnotify to support both dnotify and inotify an inode had unsigned long i_dnotify_mask; /* Directory notify events */ struct dnotify_struct *i_dnotify; /* for directory notifications */ struct list_head inotify_watches; /* watches on this inode */ struct mutex inotify_mutex; /* protects the watches list But with fsnotify this same functionallity (and more) is done with just __u32 i_fsnotify_mask; /* all events for this inode */ struct hlist_head i_fsnotify_mark_entries; /* marks on this inode */ That's right, inotify, dnotify, and fanotify all in 64 bits. We used that much space just in inotify_watches alone, before this patch set. fsnotify object lifetime and locking is MUCH better than what we have today. inotify locking is incredibly complex. See 8f7b0ba1c8539 as an example of what's been busted since inception. inotify needs to know internal semantics of superblock destruction and unmounting to function. The inode pinning and vfs contortions are horrible. no fsnotify implementers do allocation under locks. This means things like f04b30de3 which (due to an overabundance of caution) changes GFP_KERNEL to GFP_NOFS can be reverted. There are no longer any allocation rules when using or implementing your own fsnotify listener. fsnotify paves the way for fanotify. In brief fanotify is a notification mechanism that delivers the lisener both an 'event' and an open file descriptor to the object in question. This means that fanotify is pathname agnostic. Some on lkml may not care for the original companies or users that pushed for TALPA, but fanotify was designed with flexibility and input for other users in mind. The readahead group expressed interest in fanotify as it could be used to profile disk access on boot without breaking the audit system. The desktop search groups have also expressed interest in fanotify as it solves a number of the race conditions and problems present with managing inotify when more than a limited number of specific files are of interest. fanotify can provide for a userspace access control system which makes it a clean interface for AV vendors to hook without trying to do binary patching on the syscall table, LSM, and everywhere else they do their things today. With this patch series fanotify can be implemented in less than 1200 lines of easy to review code. Almost all of which is the socket based user interface. This patch series builds fsnotify to the point that it can implement dnotify and inotify_user. Patches exist and will be sent soon after acceptance to finish the in kernel inotify conversion (audit) and implement fanotify. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>