Re: [RFC][PATCH] inotify 0.14

From: John McCutchan
Date: Sun Oct 17 2004 - 21:23:42 EST


On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 21:28, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:52:09 -0400 Robert Love <rml@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > It should make dnotify a configuration option, controlled via
> > CONFIG_DNOTIFY.
>
> But you have removed the sysctl that allows enabling and disabling of
> dnotify at run time. And you create setattr_mask_dnotify for which I can
> find no caller. And make gratuitous changes to the current dnotify code.
> (I point this last out as it just increases the size of the patch for no
> purpose.)

There may be bugs with how dnotify was made optional. I will accept a
patch that fixes this :)

It is debatable whether or not the inotify patch should carry this
dnotify config patch as well. I don't see it being that large of a
burden on maintaining or using the patch that includes the dnotify
config changes.

John
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