1272eb014SEric Parisconfig INOTIFY 2272eb014SEric Paris bool "Inotify file change notification support" 3*63c882a0SEric Paris default n 4272eb014SEric Paris ---help--- 5*63c882a0SEric Paris Say Y here to enable legacy in kernel inotify support. Inotify is a 6*63c882a0SEric Paris file change notification system. It is a replacement for dnotify. 7*63c882a0SEric Paris This option only provides the legacy inotify in kernel API. There 8*63c882a0SEric Paris are no in tree kernel users of this interface since it is deprecated. 9*63c882a0SEric Paris You only need this if you are loading an out of tree kernel module 10*63c882a0SEric Paris that uses inotify. 11272eb014SEric Paris 12272eb014SEric Paris For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> 13272eb014SEric Paris 14*63c882a0SEric Paris If unsure, say N. 15272eb014SEric Paris 16272eb014SEric Parisconfig INOTIFY_USER 17272eb014SEric Paris bool "Inotify support for userspace" 18*63c882a0SEric Paris depends on 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. 25*63c882a0SEric Paris Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several 26*63c882a0SEric Paris new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and 27*63c882a0SEric 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