Hi, yes indeed for network filesystems it's a very usefull feature, but also for my FUSE fs it's a real plus. Can you please tell me something more. Jeff Layton mentioned you name in the (short) discussion on the linux fsdevel maillist. He says that you have been working on this topic before. I very much appreciate it when you could send some info, for example why it isn't implemented yet. I've seen more than one posts on this subject, but never heard about it since (for example some plans for GSOC 2010). Is it so hard?? I know it's getting more complicated when the backend is a server, which has to support these kinds of request, but when I first start with a simple FUSE overlay fs.... Any info, history, hints, suggestions welcome how to implement it are welcome. Stef 2011/4/25 Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:06 AM, Stef Bon <stefbon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> some of you may already know I'm busy with this, I've posted here >> before and at other places about this topic. >> >> see: >> >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=130052497829681&w=2 >> >> >> In short, I want to make fs's like my FUSE fs and cifs handle inotify >> request, done on userspace. > > Interesting. ÂI think notify support is particularly important for network > file systems (to enable user space file managers to see > when files are added/deleted - without having to poll). ÂWindows > desktop (and even years ago OS/2) have used SMB/CIFS > notifications to refresh open directory listings automatically. > > > -- > Thanks, > > Steve > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
