^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 1) # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 2) config INOTIFY_USER
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 3) bool "Inotify support for userspace"
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 4) select FSNOTIFY
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 5) default y
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 6) help
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 7) Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 8) associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 9) directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 10) descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 11) Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 12) new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 13) unmount notification.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 14)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 15) For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.rst>
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 16)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 17) If unsure, say Y.