linux-kernel - Re: inotify, new idea?

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Date:	Mon, 26 May 2014 09:07:08 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Marian Marinov <mm@...com>,
	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
CC:	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>,
	Jos Huisken <jos.huisken@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: inotify, new idea?

Am 26.05.2014 01:46, schrieb Marian Marinov:
> Have anyone of you looked at this: https://github.com/1and1/linux-filemon/
> 
> I haven't stress tested it, but in the past I ported it to more recent kernels:
>   https://github.com/hackman/filemon-patches
> 
> It is not polished, but it works.
> 
> I'm considering fixing some of the issues at has for use in my home setup.

Well, the patch itself has documented its major flaw:
+ * WARNING! This patch has been designed as EXPERIMENTAL. Its usage
+ * is DANGEROUS, because some filesystems could get exhausted by the
+ * masses of ORPHAN INODES!

Thanks,
//richard


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