1*272eb014SEric Parisconfig INOTIFY 2*272eb014SEric Paris bool "Inotify file change notification support" 3*272eb014SEric Paris default y 4*272eb014SEric Paris ---help--- 5*272eb014SEric Paris Say Y here to enable inotify support. Inotify is a file change 6*272eb014SEric Paris notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes 7*272eb014SEric Paris numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features 8*272eb014SEric Paris including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount 9*272eb014SEric Paris notification. 10*272eb014SEric Paris 11*272eb014SEric Paris For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> 12*272eb014SEric Paris 13*272eb014SEric Paris If unsure, say Y. 14*272eb014SEric Paris 15*272eb014SEric Parisconfig INOTIFY_USER 16*272eb014SEric Paris bool "Inotify support for userspace" 17*272eb014SEric Paris depends on INOTIFY 18*272eb014SEric Paris default y 19*272eb014SEric Paris ---help--- 20*272eb014SEric Paris Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the 21*272eb014SEric Paris associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and 22*272eb014SEric Paris directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file 23*272eb014SEric Paris descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able. 24*272eb014SEric Paris 25*272eb014SEric Paris For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> 26*272eb014SEric Paris 27*272eb014SEric Paris If unsure, say Y. 28