fanotify.7, fanotify_mark.2: Revert "fanotify.7, fanotify_mark.2: Document FAN_DIR_MODIFY"

This reverts commit a93e5c9593.

FAN_DIR_MODIFY was disabled for v5.7 release by kernel commit
f17936993af0 ("fanotify: turn off support for FAN_DIR_MODIFY").

Reviewed-by: Matthew Bobrowski <mbobrowski@mbobrowski.org>
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

man2/fanotify_mark.2

@@ -244,38 +244,6 @@ An fanotify file descriptor created with
 .B FAN_REPORT_FID
 is required.
 .TP
-.BR FAN_DIR_MODIFY " (since Linux 5.7)"
-.\" commit 44d705b0370b1d581f46ff23e5d33e8b5ff8ec58
-Create an event when one of the entries in a marked directory has been created,
-deleted, or moved.
-This event will encapsulate additional information about the name of the
-modified directory entry.
-It is intended for applications that want to monitor the content of a large
-directory without having to reiterate the directory each time it is modified.
-The directory entry name will follow the directory file handle information in
-the reported event.
-See
-.BR fanotify (7)
-for additional details about the reported event format.
-The
-.BR FAN_DIR_MODIFY
-event will be generated in addition to the events
-.BR FAN_CREATE ,
-.BR FAN_DELETE ,
-.BR FAN_MOVED_FROM ,
-.BR FAN_MOVED_TO
-and will never be merged with the aforementioned events.
-An application receiving this event must not assume that the reported entry name
-exists in the marked directory at the time the event is received and should call
-.BR fstatat (2)
-with the entry name to learn about the current content of the directory entry.
-See
-.BR fanotify (7)
-for an example of its usage.
-An fanotify file descriptor created with
-.BR FAN_REPORT_FID
-is required.
-.TP
 .B FAN_OPEN_PERM
 Create an event when a permission to open a file or directory is requested.
 An fanotify file descriptor created with
@@ -341,7 +309,6 @@ The flag has no effect when marking mounts and filesystems.
 Note that events are not generated for children of the subdirectories
 of marked directories.
 More specifically, the directory entry modification events
-.BR FAN_DIR_MODIFY ,
 .BR FAN_CREATE ,
 .BR FAN_DELETE ,
 .BR FAN_MOVED_FROM ,

man7/fanotify.7

@@ -324,9 +324,6 @@ A watched file or directory was moved.
 .B FAN_MODIFY
 A file was modified.
 .TP
-.B FAN_DIR_MODIFY
-A directory entry was created, deleted or moved.
-.TP
 .B FAN_CLOSE_WRITE
 A file that was opened for writing
 .RB ( O_WRONLY
@@ -398,11 +395,9 @@ For example, when an fanotify file descriptor is created using
 the
 .I info_type
 field of this header is set to
-.BR FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_FID
+.BR FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_FID .
-or
+Event listeners can use this field to check that the additional
-.BR FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_DFID_NAME .
+information received for an event is of the correct type.
-Event listeners can use this field to check what additional information
-is received for an event.
 Additionally, the
 .I fanotify_event_info_header
 also contains a
@@ -448,14 +443,6 @@ and
 will carry the
 .IR file_handle
 information for the child object if the child object is being watched.
-For the event
-.BR FAN_DIR_MODIFY ,
-the
-.I info_type
-field of this header is set to
-.BR FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_DFID_NAME .
-The file handle describes the modified directory and a null terminated
-name of the modified entry follows directly after the file handle buffer.
 .PP
 The following macros are provided to iterate over a buffer containing
 fanotify event metadata returned by a
@@ -640,11 +627,9 @@ events for the monitored directory itself.
 Fanotify monitoring of directories is not recursive:
 to monitor subdirectories under a directory,
 additional marks must be created.
-The
+(But note that the fanotify API provides no way of detecting when a
-.B FAN_DIR_MODIFY
+subdirectory has been created under a marked directory,
-event can be used for detecting when a subdirectory has been created under
+which makes recursive monitoring difficult.)
-a marked directory.
-An additional mark must then be set on the newly created subdirectory.
 Monitoring mounts offers the capability to monitor a whole directory tree.
 Monitoring filesystems offers the capability to monitor changes made from
 any mount of a filesystem instance.
@@ -938,8 +923,6 @@ The program marks the filesystem object that is passed as
 a command-line argument
 and waits until an event of type
 .B FAN_CREATE
-or
-.B FAN_DIR_MODIFY
 has occurred.
 The event mask indicates which type of filesystem object\(emeither
 a file or a directory\(emwas created.
@@ -956,9 +939,7 @@ This is followed by the creation of a regular file,
 This results in a
 .B FAN_CREATE
 event being generated and reported against the file's parent watched
-directory object and a
+directory object.
-.B FAN_DIR_MODIFY
-event being generated and reported with the created file name.
 Program execution ends once all events captured within the buffer have
 been processed.
 .PP
@@ -968,9 +949,6 @@ been processed.
 Listening for events.
 FAN_CREATE (file created):
         Directory /home/user has been modified.
-FAN_DIR_MODIFY (entry changed):
-        Directory /home/user has been modified.
-        Entry 'testfile.txt' is not a subdirectory.
 All events processed successfully. Program exiting.
 
 $ \fBtouch /home/user/testfile.txt\fP              # In another terminal
@@ -985,9 +963,7 @@ This specific action results in a
 .B FAN_CREATE
 event being generated and is reported with the
 .B FAN_ONDIR
-flag set and a
+flag set.
-.B FAN_DIR_MODIFY
-event being generated and reported with the created directory name.
 .PP
 .in +4n
 .EX
@@ -995,9 +971,6 @@ event being generated and reported with the created directory name.
 Listening for events.
 FAN_CREATE | FAN_ONDIR (subdirectory created):
         Directory /home/user has been modified.
-FAN_DIR_MODIFY (entry changed):
-        Directory /home/user has been modified.
-        Entry 'testdir' is a subdirectory.
 All events processed successfully. Program exiting.
 
 $ \fBmkdir \-p /home/user/testdir\fP          # In another terminal
@@ -1030,8 +1003,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     struct file_handle *file_handle;
     struct fanotify_event_metadata *metadata;
     struct fanotify_event_info_fid *fid;
-    const char *file_name;
-    struct stat sb;
 
     if (argc != 2) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Invalid number of command line arguments.\en");
@@ -1057,7 +1028,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     /* Place a mark on the filesystem object supplied in argv[1]. */
 
     ret = fanotify_mark(fd, FAN_MARK_ADD | FAN_MARK_ONLYDIR,
-                        FAN_DIR_MODIFY | FAN_CREATE | FAN_ONDIR,
+                        FAN_CREATE | FAN_ONDIR,
                         AT_FDCWD, argv[1]);
     if (ret == \-1) {
         perror("fanotify_mark");
@@ -1084,19 +1055,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         /* Ensure that the event info is of the correct type */
 
-        if (fid\->hdr.info_type == FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_FID) {
+        if (fid\->hdr.info_type != FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_FID) {
-            file_name = NULL;
-        } else if (fid\->hdr.info_type == FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_DFID_NAME) {
-            file_name = file_handle->f_handle +
-                        file_handle->handle_bytes;
-        } else {
             fprintf(stderr, "Received unexpected event info type.\en");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 
-        if (metadata\->mask == FAN_DIR_MODIFY)
-            printf("FAN_DIR_MODIFY (entry changed):\en");
-
         if (metadata\->mask == FAN_CREATE)
             printf("FAN_CREATE (file created):\en");
 
@@ -1138,22 +1101,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         path[path_len] = \(aq\e0\(aq;
         printf("\etDirectory \(aq%s\(aq has been modified.\en", path);
 
-        if (file_name) {
-            ret = fstatat(event_fd, file_name, &sb, 0);
-            if (ret == \-1) {
-                if (errno != ENOENT) {
-                    perror("fstatat");
-                    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                }
-                printf("\etEntry %\(aqs\(aq does not exist.\en", file_name);
-            } else if ((sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
-                printf("\etEntry \(aq%s\(aq is a subdirectory.\en", file_name);
-            } else {
-                printf("\etEntry \(aq%s\(aq is not a subdirectory.\en",
-                        file_name);
-            }
-        }
-
         /* Close associated file descriptor for this event */
 
         close(event_fd);