Re: [PATCH 3/3] selftests: add readfile(2) selftests

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 03:41:48AM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 7/4/20 4:02 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > Test the functionality of readfile(2) in various ways.
> 
> Hello Greg,
> 
> I expect readfile() to generate fanotify events FAN_OPEN_PERM, FAN_OPEN,
> FAN_ACCESS_PERM, FAN_ACCESS, FAN_CLOSE_NOWRITE in this sequence.

Yes, it should, I don't think I do anything unique here when it comes to
vfs accesses that would go around those events.

> Looking at patch 1/3 you took care of notifications. Would this deserve
> testing here?

Possibly, do we have other in-tree tests of syscalls that validate those
events properly being created?

thanks,

greg k-h