1272eb014SEric Parisconfig INOTIFY 2272eb014SEric Paris bool "Inotify file change notification support" 363c882a0SEric Paris default n 4272eb014SEric Paris ---help--- 563c882a0SEric Paris Say Y here to enable legacy in kernel inotify support. Inotify is a 663c882a0SEric Paris file change notification system. It is a replacement for dnotify. 763c882a0SEric Paris This option only provides the legacy inotify in kernel API. There 863c882a0SEric Paris are no in tree kernel users of this interface since it is deprecated. 963c882a0SEric Paris You only need this if you are loading an out of tree kernel module 1063c882a0SEric Paris that uses inotify. 11272eb014SEric Paris 12272eb014SEric Paris For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> 13272eb014SEric Paris 1463c882a0SEric Paris If unsure, say N. 15272eb014SEric Paris 16272eb014SEric Parisconfig INOTIFY_USER 17272eb014SEric Paris bool "Inotify support for userspace" 18*520dc2a5SEric Paris select FSNOTIFY 19272eb014SEric Paris default y 20272eb014SEric Paris ---help--- 21272eb014SEric Paris Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the 22272eb014SEric Paris associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and 23272eb014SEric Paris directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file 24272eb014SEric Paris descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able. 2563c882a0SEric Paris Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several 2663c882a0SEric Paris new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and 2763c882a0SEric Paris unmount notification. 28272eb014SEric Paris 29272eb014SEric Paris For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> 30272eb014SEric Paris 31272eb014SEric Paris If unsure, say Y. 32