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

On 27/5/26 14:25, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 11:19:30PM +0800, Anand Jain wrote:
>>> fanotity and inotify use exactly the same backends, so I'm not sure
>>> why testing both matters. 
>>
>> I noticed that back then I decided to keep both.
>> Since fsnotifywait -F is only supported from kernel 5.1x.
>> inotifywait serves the legacy LTS kernels where required.
> 
> < 5.1x is pretty old these days, I would not add test just for that.
> 
>>> Not that I care very strongly, I'm just a
>>> bit confused.
>>
>> I am happy dropping inotifywait if unnecessary and confusing.
> 
> Not a major issue, but it felt weird.
> 

Okay, dropping the inotifywait test case in the reroll.

Thanks.