18c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 28c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciconfig INOTIFY_USER 38c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci bool "Inotify support for userspace" 48c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci select FSNOTIFY 58c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci default y 68c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci help 78c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the 88c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and 98c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file 108c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able. 118c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several 128c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and 138c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci unmount notification. 148c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 158c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.rst> 168c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 178c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci If unsure, say Y. 18