Re: [Question] inotify : process based filtering of events

[Niraj kumar]

>>
>> Is it possible to achieve this process based filtering of events
>> using inotify infrastructure?
>
> You can try using inotify nested attributes patch [1] and filter events
> in userspace based on reported pid/tid.

I saw your patch and the related discussion...
But I am thinking that filtering in userspace based on pid/tid
could be too much overhead when the data that I am interested
in might be just a small fraction of the whole thing...

I was hoping to add a flag (similar to IN_ATTRS that you have added)
which, when used, will only collect events for the calling
process and it's children...

-Niraj
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