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Subject: Re: Query regarding inotify and mmap-ed files
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:15:22 +0100
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On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:22:35PM +0800, Chinmay V S wrote:

> [2] Also considering that inotify is *THE* "goto framework" for
> monitoring the filesystem,

inotify is a mistake, with rather serious design restrictions on
possible uses.  Don't step into it...