Re: [RFC][PATCH] inotify 0.9.2

[Edgar Toernig]

Robert Love wrote:
>
> +/*
> + * struct inotify_event - structure read from the inotify device for each event
> + *
> + * When you are watching a directory, you will receive the filename for events
> + * such as IN_CREATE, IN_DELETE, IN_OPEN, IN_CLOSE, and so on ...
> + *
> + * Note: When reading from the device you must provide a buffer that is a
> + * multiple of sizeof(struct inotify_event)
> + */
>  struct inotify_event {
>  	int wd;
>  	int mask;
> -	char filename[256];
> +	char filename[PATH_MAX];
>  };

You really want to shove >4kB per event to userspace???

Ciao, ET.
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