Re: [RFC][PATCH] inotify 0.9.2

Edgar Toernig
2004-09-21T15:34:23Z

Robert Love wrote:
>
> +/*
> + * struct inotify_event - structure read from the inotify device for each event
> + *
> + * When you are watching a directory, you will receive the filename for events
> + * such as IN_CREATE, IN_DELETE, IN_OPEN, IN_CLOSE, and so on ...
> + *
> + * Note: When reading from the device you must provide a buffer that is a
> + * multiple of sizeof(struct inotify_event)
> + */
> struct inotify_event {
> int wd;
> int mask;
> - char filename[256];
> + char filename[PATH_MAX];
> };

You really want to shove >4kB per event to userspace???

Ciao, ET.