1*ec8f24b7SThomas Gleixner# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 2272eb014SEric Parisconfig INOTIFY_USER 3272eb014SEric Paris bool "Inotify support for userspace" 4520dc2a5SEric Paris select FSNOTIFY 5272eb014SEric Paris default y 6272eb014SEric Paris ---help--- 7272eb014SEric Paris Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the 8272eb014SEric Paris associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and 9272eb014SEric Paris directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file 10272eb014SEric Paris descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able. 1163c882a0SEric Paris Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several 1263c882a0SEric Paris new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and 1363c882a0SEric Paris unmount notification. 14272eb014SEric Paris 15272eb014SEric Paris For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt> 16272eb014SEric Paris 17272eb014SEric Paris If unsure, say Y. 18