linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND][RFC][PATCH] fsnotify: track all events on filesystem

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Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:18:55 -0500
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
To:	Jakob Goldbach <jakob.goldbach@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND][RFC][PATCH] fsnotify: track all events on filesystem

On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 17:36 +0200, Jakob Goldbach wrote:
> (Resending, this time with fsnotify maintainer cc'ed)
> 
> This patch allows notification groups to get events on the entire filesystem,
> not just on registered inodes.
> 
> I want to use it for a notification group that tracks all changes to the 
> filesystem in order to do faster backups.
> 
> Is this a good or bad idea? 
> 
> /Jakob

This mail (like many notification e-mails) was eaten by my spam filter.
I hope you've gotten an answer by now, but I'll respond 6 months late.
We allow you to do something very similar, by listening to events on
mount points.  Hopefully that meets your needs.....

-Eric

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