From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751108AbWFFVJN (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:09:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751109AbWFFVJN (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:09:13 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:11272 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751108AbWFFVJN (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:09:13 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 21:06:19 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: Amy Griffis Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, John McCutchan , Robert Love , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] inotify: split kernel API from userspace support Message-ID: <20060606210619.GE4044@ucw.cz> References: <20060601150702.GA2171@zk3.dec.com> <20060602123234.GA6586@zk3.dec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060602123234.GA6586@zk3.dec.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > Here is a more descriptive changelog message for this patch: > > This patch introduces a kernel API for inotify, making it possible for > kernel modules to benefit from inotify's mechanism for watching > inodes. What are proposed uses of this API? Pavel -- Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.