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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig index 44679284102..b981fc0c837 100644 --- a/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig @@ -1,26 +1,16 @@ -config INOTIFY - bool "Inotify file change notification support" - default y - ---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. - - For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> - - If unsure, say Y. - config INOTIFY_USER bool "Inotify support for userspace" - depends on INOTIFY + select ANON_INODES + select 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> |