2 bool "Inotify file change notification support"
5 Say Y here to enable legacy in kernel inotify support. Inotify is a
6 file change notification system. It is a replacement for dnotify.
7 This option only provides the legacy inotify in kernel API. There
8 are no in tree kernel users of this interface since it is deprecated.
9 You only need this if you are loading an out of tree kernel module
12 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
17 bool "Inotify support for userspace"
21 Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
22 associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
23 directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
24 descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
25 Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several
26 new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and
29 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>