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