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/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
/*
 * Inode based directory notification for Linux
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2005 John McCutchan
 */

#ifndef _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
#define _LINUX_INOTIFY_H

/* For O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK */
#include <linux/fcntl.h>
#include <linux/types.h>

/*
 * struct inotify_event - structure read from the inotify device for each event
 *
 * When you are watching a directory, you will receive the filename for events
 * such as IN_CREATE, IN_DELETE, IN_OPEN, IN_CLOSE, ..., relative to the wd.
 */
struct inotify_event {
	__s32 wd;     /* watch descriptor */
	__u32 mask;   /* watch mask */
	__u32 cookie; /* cookie to synchronize two events */
	__u32 len;    /* length (including nulls) of name */
	char name[];  /* stub for possible name */
};

/* the following are legal, implemented events that user-space can watch for */
#define IN_ACCESS	 0x00000001 /* File was accessed */
#define IN_MODIFY	 0x00000002 /* File was modified */
#define IN_ATTRIB	 0x00000004 /* Metadata changed */
#define IN_CLOSE_WRITE	 0x00000008 /* Writable file was closed */
#define IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE 0x00000010 /* Unwritable file closed */
#define IN_OPEN		 0x00000020 /* File was opened */
#define IN_MOVED_FROM	 0x00000040 /* File was moved from X */
#define IN_MOVED_TO	 0x00000080 /* File was moved to Y */
#define IN_CREATE	 0x00000100 /* Subfile was created */
#define IN_DELETE	 0x00000200 /* Subfile was deleted */
#define IN_DELETE_SELF	 0x00000400 /* Self was deleted */
#define IN_MOVE_SELF	 0x00000800 /* Self was moved */

/* the following are legal events.  they are sent as needed to any watch */
#define IN_UNMOUNT    0x00002000 /* Backing fs was unmounted */
#define IN_Q_OVERFLOW 0x00004000 /* Event queued overflowed */
#define IN_IGNORED    0x00008000 /* File was ignored */

/* helper events */
#define IN_CLOSE (IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE) /* close */
#define IN_MOVE	 (IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO)	     /* moves */

/* special flags */
#define IN_ONLYDIR     0x01000000 /* only watch the path if it is a directory */
#define IN_DONT_FOLLOW 0x02000000 /* don't follow a sym link */
#define IN_EXCL_UNLINK 0x04000000 /* exclude events on unlinked objects */
#define IN_MASK_CREATE 0x10000000 /* only create watches */
#define IN_MASK_ADD \
	0x20000000	      /* add to the mask of an already existing watch */
#define IN_ISDIR   0x40000000 /* event occurred against dir */
#define IN_ONESHOT 0x80000000 /* only send event once */

/*
 * All of the events - we build the list by hand so that we can add flags in
 * the future and not break backward compatibility.  Apps will get only the
 * events that they originally wanted.  Be sure to add new events here!
 */
#define IN_ALL_EVENTS                                               \
	(IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY | IN_ATTRIB | IN_CLOSE_WRITE |       \
	 IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE | IN_OPEN | IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO | \
	 IN_DELETE | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE_SELF | IN_MOVE_SELF)

/* Flags for sys_inotify_init1.  */
#define IN_CLOEXEC  O_CLOEXEC
#define IN_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK

/*
 * ioctl numbers: inotify uses 'I' prefix for all ioctls,
 * except historical FIONREAD, which is based on 'T'.
 *
 * INOTIFY_IOC_SETNEXTWD: set desired number of next created
 * watch descriptor.
 */
#define INOTIFY_IOC_SETNEXTWD _IOW('I', 0, __s32)

#endif /* _LINUX_INOTIFY_H */