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