1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 bool "Inotify support for userspace"
7 Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
8 associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
9 directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
10 descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
11 Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several
12 new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and
15 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.rst>