Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:54:21 -0600 From: Kim Shrier <kim@westryn.net> To: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Cc: int0dster@gmail.com Subject: Re: file system change notifications Message-ID: <F2A12ACA-3D13-4789-94CA-BCBDE4A0A87B@westryn.net> In-Reply-To: <CAF10W3yCgeZfz9B4hEepTM1A5wdL60L9fhBGWONrMJ_75jMiww@mail.gmail.com> References: <C4BD68D4-0570-4731-AFA2-CDD4DD5490E5@westryn.net> <CAF10W3yCgeZfz9B4hEepTM1A5wdL60L9fhBGWONrMJ_75jMiww@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mar 11, 2015, at 1:14 PM, Ivan Krivonos <int0dster@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Have not read this paper, but why just don`t kqueue() ? > Apparently, you have to have a file descriptor for every file you want to monitor, if I read things right. This is prohibitive with 100,000+ files. It also means that you cannot unmount a file system if you are monitoring any files in it, since the file system is considered busy. Kim
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