From: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert.lkml@gmail.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Steven Stewart-Gallus <sstewartgallus00@mylangara.bc.ca>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Does inotify work with special files such as /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children?
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 19:44:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140928194407.3a584b78@as> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140928231240.GC7996@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:12:40 +0100
Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:09:50PM +0000, Steven Stewart-Gallus wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I can't seem to get inotify to work with special files such as
> > /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children? I just need to get a simple yes/no
> > answer on whether it works for special files or whether I have to try
> > a different approach.
>
> Simple answer: No. Slightly more expanded one: No, and it won't.
> Inotify does not work on procfs, sysfs, etc. Doesn't work on
> network filesystems either. Don't use it. It was a mistake in the
> first place.
Why was inotify a mistake? Was it badly implemented, or is the whole
concept of userspace being able to monitor filesystem changes
basically impossible to do correctly?
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-29 0:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-28 23:09 Does inotify work with special files such as /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children? Steven Stewart-Gallus
2014-09-28 23:12 ` Al Viro
2014-09-29 0:44 ` Chuck Ebbert [this message]
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