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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:28:51 +0100 From: Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk> To: "C. Scott Ananian" <cscott@...top.org> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: inotify and /proc? On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 06:51:10PM -0400, C. Scott Ananian wrote: > No, clearly inotify on all files in /proc is not the right thing to > do. But I'm writing support for "RDNSS in RA" -- IPv6 Router > Advertisement messages can include a DNS server specification, which > makes IPv6 completely autoconfiguring. Why the hell do you need idiotify on it? Just make poll(2) work and be done with that; see e.g. how /proc/<pid>/mounts does it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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