1*4882a593Smuzhiyun# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 2*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig INOTIFY_USER 3*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool "Inotify support for userspace" 4*4882a593Smuzhiyun select FSNOTIFY 5*4882a593Smuzhiyun default y 6*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 7*4882a593Smuzhiyun Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the 8*4882a593Smuzhiyun associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and 9*4882a593Smuzhiyun directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file 10*4882a593Smuzhiyun descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able. 11*4882a593Smuzhiyun Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several 12*4882a593Smuzhiyun new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and 13*4882a593Smuzhiyun unmount notification. 14*4882a593Smuzhiyun 15*4882a593Smuzhiyun For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.rst> 16*4882a593Smuzhiyun 17*4882a593Smuzhiyun If unsure, say Y. 18