| Eric Paris | 272eb01 | 2008-12-17 13:59:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config INOTIFY |
| 2 | bool "Inotify file change notification support" |
| Eric Paris | 63c882a | 2009-05-21 17:02:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 3 | default n |
| Eric Paris | 272eb01 | 2008-12-17 13:59:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | ---help--- |
| Eric Paris | 63c882a | 2009-05-21 17:02:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 5 | Say Y here to enable legacy in kernel inotify support. Inotify is a |
| 6 | file change notification system. It is a replacement for dnotify. |
| 7 | This option only provides the legacy inotify in kernel API. There |
| 8 | are no in tree kernel users of this interface since it is deprecated. |
| 9 | You only need this if you are loading an out of tree kernel module |
| 10 | that uses inotify. |
| Eric Paris | 272eb01 | 2008-12-17 13:59:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
| 12 | For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> |
| 13 | |
| Eric Paris | 63c882a | 2009-05-21 17:02:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 14 | If unsure, say N. |
| Eric Paris | 272eb01 | 2008-12-17 13:59:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | |
| 16 | config INOTIFY_USER |
| 17 | bool "Inotify support for userspace" |
| Eric Paris | 63c882a | 2009-05-21 17:02:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 18 | depends on FSNOTIFY |
| Eric Paris | 272eb01 | 2008-12-17 13:59:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | default y |
| 20 | ---help--- |
| 21 | Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the |
| 22 | associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and |
| 23 | directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file |
| 24 | descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able. |
| Eric Paris | 63c882a | 2009-05-21 17:02:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 25 | Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several |
| 26 | new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and |
| 27 | unmount notification. |
| Eric Paris | 272eb01 | 2008-12-17 13:59:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | |
| 29 | For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> |
| 30 | |
| 31 | If unsure, say Y. |