Re: Using get_cwd inside a module.

[Juergen Hasch <lkml@elbonia.de>]

Am Samstag, 22. November 2003 12:04 schrieb Christoph Hellwig:
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 11:45:39AM +0100, Juergen Hasch wrote:
> > > What are the exact requirements of changedfiles or samba?
> >
> > Samba needs to be able to notify a client machine, when a file in a
> > directory changes (i.e. is added/removed/modified/renamed). The directory
> > to be watched is given by the client and can include subdirectories.
>
> Well, reporting a single path component relative to the parent directory
> is doable, there's just no way to have a canonical absolute or
> multi-component pathname.

If dnotify is able to return name and event type for each dnotify event,
it is quite simple to make use of it in Samba. I tested this some time
ago, but it was too much of a hack to consider sending this to the list.

What are the chances of such an extension being accepted in the
kernel at all ?
>From the LKML archives I haven't seen much love for dnotify and I
think only few Samba users would consider using a custom kernel.

...Juergen