Re: [2.6.16 PATCH] Connector: Filesystem Events Connector

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 08:45 +0800, Yi Yang wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 22:58 +0800, Yi Yang wrote:
> >   
> >> This patch implements a new connector, Filesystem Event Connector,
> >>  the user can monitor filesystem activities via it, currently, it
> >>  can monitor access, attribute change, open, create, modify, delete,
> >>  move and close of any file or directory.
> >>     
> >
> >
> > how is this not redundant functionality with the audit subsystem ?
> >   
> If you open Audit option, audit subsystem will audit all the syscalls, 

no only those you subscribe to

and your other arguments... I don't buy them either.
If you want a small improvement to audit, DO THAT, not duplicate in
other code...


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