Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:20:22 -0800 | From | Javier Fernandez-Ivern <> | Subject | Re: File change notification |
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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.
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