linux-sg2042/fs
Jan Kara ece95912db inotify: send IN_ATTRIB events when link count changes
Currently, no notification event has been sent when inode's link count
changed.  This is inconvenient for the application in some cases:

Suppose you have the following directory structure

    foo/test
    bar/

and you watch test.  If someone does "mv foo/test bar/", you get event
IN_MOVE_SELF and you know something has happened with the file "test".
However if someone does "ln foo/test bar/test" and "rm foo/test" you get no
inotify event for the file "test" (only directories "foo" and "bar" receive
events).

Furthermore it could be argued that link count belongs to file's metadata and
thus IN_ATTRIB should be sent when it changes.

The following patch implements sending of IN_ATTRIB inotify events when link
count of the inode changes, i.e., when a hardlink to the inode is created or
when it is removed.  This event is sent in addition to all the events sent so
far.  In particular, when a last link to a file is removed, IN_ATTRIB event is
sent in addition to IN_DELETE_SELF event.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Morten Welinder <mwelinder@gmail.com>
Cc: Robert Love <rlove@google.com>
Cc: John McCutchan <ttb@tentacle.dhs.org>
Cc: Steven French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-06 10:41:05 -08:00
..
9p 9p: use copy of the options value instead of original 2007-11-06 08:02:53 -06:00
adfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
affs fs: mark nibblemap const 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
afs vfs: Add 64 bit i_version support 2008-01-28 23:58:27 -05:00
autofs Use task_pid_nr() instead of pid_nr(task_pid()) 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
autofs4 pid namespaces: round up the API 2007-10-19 11:53:37 -07:00
befs fs/: Spelling fixes 2008-02-03 17:33:42 +02:00
bfs regression: bfs endianness bug 2007-12-05 09:25:20 -08:00
cifs Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
coda coda: convert struct class_device to struct device 2008-01-24 20:40:05 -08:00
configfs configfs: file.c fix possible recursive locking 2008-01-25 15:05:47 -08:00
cramfs fs/cramfs/inode.c: replace hardcoded value with preprocessor constant 2007-10-18 14:37:29 -07:00
debugfs Kobject: convert fs/* from kobject_unregister() to kobject_put() 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
devpts devpts: add fsnotify create event 2007-05-08 11:14:59 -07:00
dlm dlm: static initialization improvements 2008-01-30 11:04:43 -06:00
ecryptfs Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
efs exportfs: make struct export_operations const 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
exportfs exportfs: update documentation 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
ext2 ext2: change the default behaviour on error 2008-02-06 10:41:00 -08:00
ext3 Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
ext4 Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
fat FAT: Fix printk format strings 2008-02-06 10:41:02 -08:00
freevxfs fs/: Spelling fixes 2008-02-03 17:33:42 +02:00
fuse Kobject: convert fs/* from kobject_unregister() to kobject_put() 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
gfs2 Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
hfs hfs: update comment to reflect actual init and exit routines 2008-02-06 10:41:05 -08:00
hfsplus Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
hostfs uml: fix hostfs tv_usec calculations 2008-02-05 09:44:30 -08:00
hpfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
hppfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
hugetlbfs hugetlb: allow sticky directory mount option 2008-02-05 09:44:14 -08:00
isofs exportfs: make struct export_operations const 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
jbd spinlock: lockbreak cleanup 2008-01-30 13:31:20 +01:00
jbd2 spinlock: lockbreak cleanup 2008-01-30 13:31:20 +01:00
jffs2 Typoes: "whith" -> "with" 2008-02-03 15:14:02 +02:00
jfs Spelling fixes: lenght->length 2008-02-03 15:42:53 +02:00
lockd NLM: tear down RPC clients in nlm_shutdown_hosts 2008-02-01 16:42:15 -05:00
minix limit minixfs printks on corrupted dir i_size 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
msdos [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
ncpfs NCPFS: update diagnostic strings to match routine names. 2008-02-06 10:41:05 -08:00
nfs Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
nfs_common
nfsd Add 64-bit capability support to the kernel 2008-02-05 09:44:20 -08:00
nls sparse pointer use of zero as null 2007-10-18 14:37:31 -07:00
ntfs is_vmalloc_addr(): Check if an address is within the vmalloc boundaries 2008-02-05 09:44:14 -08:00
ocfs2 Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
openpromfs [SPARC]: Constify function pointer tables. 2008-01-22 18:29:20 -08:00
partitions Kobject: convert fs/* from kobject_unregister() to kobject_put() 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
proc proc: loadavg reading race 2008-02-06 10:41:04 -08:00
qnx4 Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
ramfs Remove valueless definition of hard-selected RAMFS option 2007-10-17 08:42:56 -07:00
reiserfs Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
romfs fs/romfs/inode.c: trivial improvements 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
smbfs smbfs: fix calculation of kernel_recvmsg size parameter in smb_receive() 2008-02-06 10:41:02 -08:00
sysfs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2008-01-25 17:19:08 -08:00
sysv Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
udf fs/udf/balloc.c: mark a variable as uninitialized_var() 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
ufs ufs: fix nexstep dir block size 2007-12-05 09:21:18 -08:00
vfat [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 3 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
xfs is_vmalloc_addr(): Check if an address is within the vmalloc boundaries 2008-02-05 09:44:14 -08:00
Kconfig deprecate smbfs in favour of cifs 2008-02-05 14:37:15 -08:00
Kconfig.binfmt x86: compat_binfmt_elf Kconfig 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
Makefile x86: compat_binfmt_elf Kconfig 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
aio.c core: remove last users of empty FASTCALL macro 2008-01-30 13:31:17 +01:00
anon_inodes.c anon-inodes use open coded atomic_inc for the shared inode 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
attr.c VFS: make notify_change pass ATTR_KILL_S*ID to setattr operations 2007-10-18 14:37:22 -07:00
bad_inode.c sendfile: remove bad_sendfile() from bad_file_ops 2007-07-10 08:04:15 +02:00
binfmt_aout.c mm: fix exit_mmap BUG() on a.out binary exit 2007-12-20 07:49:53 -08:00
binfmt_elf.c fs/binfmt_elf.c: spello fix 2008-02-03 18:05:15 +02:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c pid namespaces: changes to show virtual ids to user 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
binfmt_flat.c binfmt_flat: warning fixes 2007-10-17 08:42:54 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
binfmt_script.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
binfmt_som.c core_pattern: ignore RLIMIT_CORE if core_pattern is a pipe 2007-10-17 08:42:50 -07:00
bio.c __bio_clone: don't calculate hw/phys segment counts 2008-01-28 10:04:46 +01:00
block_dev.c Driver core: convert block from raw kobjects to core devices 2008-01-24 20:40:36 -08:00
buffer.c bufferhead: revert constructor removal 2008-02-05 09:44:14 -08:00
char_dev.c Kobject: rename kobject_init_ng() to kobject_init() 2008-01-24 20:40:38 -08:00
compat.c fs: remove dead config CONFIG_HAS_COMPAT_EPOLL_EVENT symbol 2008-02-06 10:41:03 -08:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c x86: compat_binfmt_elf 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
compat_ioctl.c remove __attribute_used__ 2008-01-28 23:21:18 +01:00
dcache.c fs: use hlist_unhashed 2008-02-06 10:41:04 -08:00
dcookies.c Remove fs.h from mm.h 2007-07-29 17:09:29 -07:00
direct-io.c Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
dnotify.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
dquot.c Don't send quota messages repeatedly when hardlimit reached 2007-12-23 12:54:36 -08:00
drop_caches.c invalidate_mapping_pages(): add cond_resched 2007-07-16 09:05:36 -07:00
eventfd.c fs/eventfd.c should #include <linux/syscalls.h> 2008-02-06 10:41:03 -08:00
eventpoll.c lockdep: annotate epoll 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
exec.c exec: rework the group exit and fix the race with kill 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
fcntl.c pid namespaces: changes to show virtual ids to user 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
fifo.c Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
file.c
file_table.c fs/file_table.c: use list_for_each_entry() instead of list_for_each() 2007-10-19 11:53:38 -07:00
filesystems.c add filesystem subtype support 2007-05-08 11:15:01 -07:00
fs-writeback.c fs: use list_for_each_entry_reverse and kill sb_entry 2008-02-06 10:41:05 -08:00
generic_acl.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
inode.c ext4: Add inode version support in ext4 2008-01-28 23:58:27 -05:00
inotify.c [PATCH] new helper - inotify_evict_watch() 2007-10-21 02:37:38 -04:00
inotify_user.c SIGIO-driven I/O with inotify queues 2008-02-06 10:41:00 -08:00
internal.h cleanup compat ioctl handling 2007-05-08 11:15:09 -07:00
ioctl.c drop obsolete sys_ioctl export 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
ioprio.c cfq-iosched: relax IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE restrictions 2008-01-28 11:38:15 +01:00
libfs.c Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
locks.c pid-namespaces-vs-locks-interaction 2008-02-03 17:51:36 -05:00
mbcache.c fs: Fix to correct the mbcache entries counter 2007-10-25 15:18:29 -07:00
mpage.c Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
namei.c inotify: send IN_ATTRIB events when link count changes 2008-02-06 10:41:05 -08:00
namespace.c kobject: convert main fs kobject to use kobject_create 2008-01-24 20:40:13 -08:00
nfsctl.c nfsctl: use vfs_path_lookup 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
no-block.c
open.c mark sys_open/sys_read exports unused 2007-11-14 18:45:42 -08:00
pipe.c sched: affine sync wakeups 2007-10-15 17:00:19 +02:00
pnode.c MNT_UNBINDABLE fix 2008-02-06 10:41:02 -08:00
pnode.h [PATCH] new helpers - collect_mounts() and release_collected_mounts() 2007-10-21 02:37:25 -04:00
posix_acl.c
quota.c [IA64] Fix build failure in fs/quota.c 2007-07-27 15:40:13 -07:00
quota_v1.c
quota_v2.c
read_write.c ext4: export iov_shorten from kernel for ext4's use 2008-01-28 23:58:27 -05:00
read_write.h
readdir.c Use mutex_lock_killable in vfs_readdir 2007-12-06 17:39:54 -05:00
select.c fs/select, remove unused macros 2007-10-19 11:53:41 -07:00
seq_file.c [FS] seq_file: Introduce the seq_open_private() 2007-10-10 16:55:33 -07:00
signalfd.c fs/signalfd.c should #include <linux/syscalls.h> 2008-02-06 10:41:03 -08:00
splice.c splice: always updated atime in direct splice 2008-02-01 09:26:32 +01:00
stack.c [PATCH] fs/stack.c: Copy i_nlink after all other attributes are copied 2007-02-19 14:21:50 -08:00
stat.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
super.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
sync.c Introduce fixed sys_sync_file_range2() syscall, implement on PowerPC and ARM 2007-06-28 11:38:30 -07:00
timerfd.c timerfd: new timerfd API 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
utimes.c fs/utimes.c should #include <linux/syscalls.h> 2008-02-06 10:41:03 -08:00
xattr.c VFS: Reorder vfs_getxattr to avoid unnecessary calls to the LSM 2008-02-05 09:44:20 -08:00
xattr_acl.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00