Re: [PATCH] fstests Fix build errors on kernels before v5.1

Donald Douwsma <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:03:01 +1000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.fstests
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 22/7/26 15:22, Lukas Herbolt wrote:
> The FAN_REPORT_FID and fanotify_event_info_fid were introduced
> in v5.1. Currently there is no check if the kernel supports it
> making xfstests build to fail on older kernels.
> 
> Fixes: 29d120e41c3d ("generic: test fsnotify filesystem error reporting")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Herbolt <[email protected]>

Looks good!
Reviewed-by: Donald Douwsma <[email protected]>

> ---
>  configure.ac          |  1 +
>  include/builddefs.in  |  1 +
>  m4/package_libcdev.m4 | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  src/Makefile          |  6 +++++-
>  4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 441f543c6089..feb24ddd8854 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ AC_NEED_INTERNAL_XFS_IOC_EXCHANGE_RANGE
>  AC_HAVE_FICLONE
>  AC_HAVE_TRIVIAL_AUTO_VAR_INIT
>  AC_HAVE_FILE_GETATTR
> +AC_HAVE_FANOTIFY_FID
>  
>  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([renameat2])
>  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([reallocarray])
> diff --git a/include/builddefs.in b/include/builddefs.in
> index 708d75b24d76..8e9e2e3b4113 100644
> --- a/include/builddefs.in
> +++ b/include/builddefs.in
> @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ HAVE_RLIMIT_NOFILE = @have_rlimit_nofile@
>  NEED_INTERNAL_XFS_IOC_EXCHANGE_RANGE = @need_internal_xfs_ioc_exchange_range@
>  HAVE_FICLONE = @have_ficlone@
>  HAVE_FILE_GETATTR = @have_file_getattr@
> +HAVE_FANOTIFY_FID = @have_fanotify_fid@
>  
>  GCCFLAGS = -std=gnu11 -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall
>  SANITIZER_CFLAGS += @autovar_init_cflags@
> diff --git a/m4/package_libcdev.m4 b/m4/package_libcdev.m4
> index 17f57f427410..340cdad3faf9 100644
> --- a/m4/package_libcdev.m4
> +++ b/m4/package_libcdev.m4
> @@ -102,3 +102,17 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_HAVE_FILE_GETATTR],
>         AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
>      AC_SUBST(have_file_getattr)
>    ])
> +
> +# Check if we have fanotify FID support (Linux 5.1+)
> +AC_DEFUN([AC_HAVE_FANOTIFY_FID],
> +  [ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for fanotify FID support])
> +    AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
> +#include <sys/fanotify.h>
> +    ]], [[
> +       int x = FAN_REPORT_FID;
> +       struct fanotify_event_info_fid fid;
> +       (void)x; (void)fid;
> +    ]])],[have_fanotify_fid=yes
> +       AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
> +    AC_SUBST(have_fanotify_fid)
> +  ])
> diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
> index 31ac43b215e9..847fb168181e 100644
> --- a/src/Makefile
> +++ b/src/Makefile
> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ LINUX_TARGETS = xfsctl bstat t_mtab getdevicesize preallo_rw_pattern_reader \
>  	fscrypt-crypt-util bulkstat_null_ocount splice-test chprojid_fail \
>  	detached_mounts_propagation ext4_resize t_readdir_3 splice2pipe \
>  	uuid_ioctl t_snapshot_deleted_subvolume fiemap-fault min_dio_alignment \
> -	rw_hint fs-monitor
> +	rw_hint
>  
>  EXTRA_EXECS = dmerror fill2attr fill2fs fill2fs_check scaleread.sh \
>  	      btrfs_crc32c_forged_name.py popdir.pl popattr.py \
> @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_FICLONE),yes)
>       TARGETS += t_reflink_read_race
>  endif
>  
> +ifeq ($(HAVE_FANOTIFY_FID),yes)
> +     TARGETS += fs-monitor
> +endif
> +
>  ifeq ($(HAVE_LIBBTRFSUTIL), true)
>       LINUX_TARGETS += t_btrfs_received_uuid_ioctl
>  endif
> 
> base-commit: acb6d4cb84205a8e3f19ca470cfcf7bf6d93a509