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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-06-15 03:02:23 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-06-15 03:02:23 -0700 |
commit | 9cbc1cb8cd46ce1f7645b9de249b2ce8460129bb (patch) | |
tree | 8d104ec2a459346b99413b0b77421ca7b9936c1a /fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig | |
parent | ca44d6e60f9de26281fda203f58b570e1748c015 (diff) | |
parent | 45e3e1935e2857c54783291107d33323b3ef33c8 (diff) | |
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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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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig index 4467928..5356884 100644 --- a/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig @@ -1,26 +1,30 @@ 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> |