linux-kernel - Re: [Question] inotify : process based filtering of events

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Message-ID: <20081220104048.GB23632@ioremap.net>
Date:	Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:40:48 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Niraj kumar <niraj17@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Question] inotify : process based filtering of events

Hi.

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 12:21:33PM +0530, Niraj kumar (niraj17@...il.com) wrote:
> I am trying to use inotify to monitor filesystem events but
> my problem is that I am only interested in changes that
> is being done by a particular process and it's children
> (could be the same process which used inotify APIs).
> 
> Is it possible to achieve this process based filtering of events
> using inotify infrastructure?

You can try using inotify nested attributes patch [1] and filter events
in userspace based on reported pid/tid. With the fsnotify changes coming
it may be possible to have similar functionality there.

1. Inotify nested attributes.
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/25/272

2. Example usage and test application.
http://www.ioremap.net/node/73

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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