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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-06-15 03:02:23 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-06-15 03:02:23 -0700
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Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c net/core/drop_monitor.c net/core/net-traces.c
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config INOTIFY
bool "Inotify file change notification support"
- default y
+ default n
---help---
- Say Y here to enable inotify support. Inotify is a file change
- notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes
- numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
- including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
- notification.
+ Say Y here to enable legacy in kernel inotify support. Inotify is a
+ file change notification system. It is a replacement for dnotify.
+ This option only provides the legacy inotify in kernel API. There
+ are no in tree kernel users of this interface since it is deprecated.
+ You only need this if you are loading an out of tree kernel module
+ that uses inotify.
For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
- If unsure, say Y.
+ If unsure, say N.
config INOTIFY_USER
bool "Inotify support for userspace"
- depends on INOTIFY
+ depends on FSNOTIFY
default y
---help---
Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
+ Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several
+ new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and
+ unmount notification.
For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
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