Re: [patch] make dnotify a configure-time option

[Andrew Morton]

Robert Love <rml@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Everything is straightforward, except the removal of the
>  dir_notify_enable boot-time option.  My contention is that there is no
>  reason to make dnotify a boot-time option.  But even if there is, then
>  surely the user wants it always off, in which case the compile-time
>  option fulfills the need.

It's actually a sysctl and is also present in 2.4.  I doubt if it's very
useful but it seems a bit random to be deleting it now.
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