fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig

Extension

[no extension]

Size

663 bytes

Lines

18

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

VFS And Filesystem Core

Inferred role

Core OS: build/configuration rule

Status

atlas-only

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

Dependency Surface

• No C-style include directives detected by the generator.

Detected Declarations

• No top-level syscall, struct, function, initcall, or export declaration detected by the generator.

Annotated Snippet

# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
config INOTIFY_USER
	bool "Inotify support for userspace"
	select FSNOTIFY
	default y
	help
	  Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
	  associated system calls.  Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
	  directories via a single open fd.  Events are read from the file
	  descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
	  Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several
	  new features including multiple file events, one-shot support, and
	  unmount notification.

	  For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.rst>

	  If unsure, say Y.

Annotation

• Atlas domain: Core OS / VFS And Filesystem Core.
• Implementation status: atlas-only.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.