From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759590AbXHNVtv (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:49:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758632AbXHNV1Y (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:27:24 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:45870 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757728AbXHNV1V (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:27:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:27:12 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC: 2.6 patch] allow disabling DNOTIFY without EMBEDDED Message-ID: <20070814212712.GC18945@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This patch allows disabling DNOTIFY with CONFIG_EMBEDDED=n. I'm currently running a kernel with dnotify disabled and I haven't run into any problem. Is there any popular application left that breaks without dnotify support in the kernel? Note that this patch does not remove dnotify support, it still defaults to "y", and the help text recommends enabling it. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- This patch has been sent on: - 29 Jul 2007 - 1 Jul 2007 - 22 Jun 2007 --- linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/fs/Kconfig.old 2007-06-21 18:25:20.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/fs/Kconfig 2007-06-21 18:25:54.000000000 +0200 @@ -585,17 +585,17 @@ depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA default y config DNOTIFY - bool "Dnotify support" if EMBEDDED + bool "Dnotify support" default y help Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on dnotify. - Because of this, if unsure, say Y. + If unsure, say Y. config AUTOFS_FS tristate "Kernel automounter support" help