| Eric Paris | 272eb01 | 2008-12-17 13:59:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config INOTIFY_USER |
| 2 | bool "Inotify support for userspace" |
| Ralf Baechle | 12b1b32 | 2010-03-08 20:51:03 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | select ANON_INODES |
| Eric Paris | 520dc2a | 2009-07-13 15:56:54 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | select FSNOTIFY |
| Eric Paris | 272eb01 | 2008-12-17 13:59:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | default y |
| 6 | ---help--- |
| 7 | Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the |
| 8 | associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and |
| 9 | directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file |
| 10 | descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able. |
| Eric Paris | 63c882a | 2009-05-21 17:02:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several |
| 12 | new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and |
| 13 | unmount notification. |
| Eric Paris | 272eb01 | 2008-12-17 13:59:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
| 15 | For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> |
| 16 | |
| 17 | If unsure, say Y. |