Re: File change notification
From: Javier Fernandez-Ivern
Date: Wed Dec 31 2003 - 13:21:55 EST
Rüdiger Klaehn wrote:
I have been wondering for some time why there is no decent file change
notification mechanism in linux. Is there some deep philosophical reason
for this, or is it just that nobody has found the time to implement it?
If it is the latter, I am willing to implement it as long there is a
chance to get this accepted into the mainstream kernel.
Well, there's fam. But AFAIK that's all done in user space, and your
approach would be significantly more efficient (as a matter of fact, fam
could be modified to use your change device as a first level of
notification.)
I'll be interested in testing this, or (if you wish) help get it done.
I'm a kernel hacking newbie at the moment, but I have tinkered around
enough with the VFS to be able to work on this. Up to you.
--
Javier Fernandez-Ivern
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