Re: [PATCH v5 03/10] fstests: add test for inotify isolation on cloned devices

Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.fstests,org.kernel.vger.linux-btrfs,org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4,org.kernel.vger.linux-xfs
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 04:35:58PM +0800, Anand Jain wrote:
> > Also any reason to rely on the obsolete inotify instead of fsnotify?
> 
> fsnotify is exercised in patch 4/10.
> IMO, exercising inotify ensures we don't break legacy stuff.

fanotity and inotify use exactly the same backends, so I'm not sure
why testing both matters.  Not that I care very strongly, I'm just a
bit confused.
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