Re: Question: Why is there no notification when a file is opened using filp_open()?

[Amir Goldstein]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 11:02 AM Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The file opening action on the system may be from user-mode sys_open()
> or kernel-mode filp_open().
> Currently, fsnotify_open() is invoked in do_sys_openat2().
> But filp_open() is not notified. Why? Is this an omission?
>
> Do we need to call fsnotify_open() in filp_open() or  do_filp_open() to
> ensure that both user-mode and kernel-mode file opening operations can
> be notified?
>

Do you have a specific use case of kernel filp_open() in mind?

Thanks,
Amir.