From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262050AbUEKELK (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 May 2004 00:11:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262052AbUEKELK (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 May 2004 00:11:10 -0400 Received: from pimout1-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.77]:26549 "EHLO pimout1-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262050AbUEKELG (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 May 2004 00:11:06 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 21:11:03 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: John McCutchan Cc: Davide Libenzi , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] inotify -- a dnotify replacement Message-ID: <20040511041103.GA20404@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <1084152941.22837.21.camel@vertex> <20040510021141.GA10760@taniwha.stupidest.org> <1084227460.28663.8.camel@vertex> <1084228900.28903.2.camel@vertex> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1084228900.28903.2.camel@vertex> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 06:41:40PM -0400, John McCutchan wrote: > Alexander Larsson is the maintainer of nautilus, gnome-vfs and I > think the dnotify patch for fam. He made a post to l-k a month or > two ago about why he doesn't care about it. I do plan on adding this > feature in the near future though. I found the posting, it doesn't explain why dnotify using signals is bad and I still don't see how inotify makes the situation any better. --cw