Re: [PATCH 2/6] Adjust watch_queue documentation to mention mount and superblock watches. [ver #5]

[Randy Dunlap]

On 7/1/19 1:52 AM, David Howells wrote:
> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> I'm having a little trouble parsing that sentence.
>> Could you clarify it or maybe rewrite/modify it?
>> Thanks.
> 
> How about:
> 
>   * ``info_filter`` and ``info_mask`` act as a filter on the info field of the
>     notification record.  The notification is only written into the buffer if::
> 
> 	(watch.info & info_mask) == info_filter
> 
>     This could be used, for example, to ignore events that are not exactly on
>     the watched point in a mount tree by specifying NOTIFY_MOUNT_IN_SUBTREE
>     must not be set, e.g.::
> 
> 	{
> 		.type = WATCH_TYPE_MOUNT_NOTIFY,
> 		.info_filter = 0,
> 		.info_mask = NOTIFY_MOUNT_IN_SUBTREE,
> 		.subtype_filter = ...,
> 	}
> 
>     as an event would be only permissible with this filter if::
> 
>     	(watch.info & NOTIFY_MOUNT_IN_SUBTREE) == 0
> 
> David
> 

Yes, better.  Thanks.

-- 
~Randy