From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: fanotify - overall design before I start sending patches Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:59:02 +0100 Message-ID: <20090807085902.GB24689@shareable.org> References: <1248466429.3567.82.camel@localhost> <20090805020534.GB1354@ucw.cz> <200908051746.17903.tvrtko.ursulin@sophos.com> <20090806101059.GD31370@elf.ucw.cz> <4A7AAE89.20205@sophos.com> <20090806102252.GG31370@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Douglas Leeder , Tvrtko Ursulin , Eric Paris , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , "malware-list@dmesg.printk.net" , "Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" , "greg@kroah.com" , "jcm@redhat.com" , "tytso@mit.edu" , "arjan@infradead.org" , "david@lang.hm" , "jengelh@medozas.de" , "aviro@redhat.com" , "mrkafk@gmail.com" , "alexl@redhat.com" , "a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl" , "hch@infradead.org" , "alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" , "mmorley@hcl.in" Return-path: Received: from mail2.shareable.org ([80.68.89.115]:36667 "EHLO mail2.shareable.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757056AbZHGI7Y (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Aug 2009 04:59:24 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090806102252.GG31370@elf.ucw.cz> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Pavel Machek wrote: > On Thu 2009-08-06 11:20:57, Douglas Leeder wrote: > > You mean that in 5 seconds, you won't have any point when you can tell > > the kernel, "I'm still working"? > > Yes. Try make -j on your machine one day. Ironically, some users report that Tracker (which uses inotify, hence the irony) can make their system unresponsive for more than 5 seconds. :-) -- Jamie