[Tracker] Linux kernel watchless file notification
- From: Ian Howson <ian mouldy org>
- To: tracker-list gnome org
- Subject: [Tracker] Linux kernel watchless file notification
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:45:03 +1000
Hey all,
I'm working on a file synchronization app right now and am running into some
of the same issues as Tracker w.r.t. inotify, the limited number of inotify
watches and recursive directory watching.
I notice that your code uses all of the inotify watches except about 500. This
obviously leads to problems with other programs (like mine) that want to use
exactly the same technique to receive notifications for large directory
trees :-)
I also saw the 'Linux kernel watchless file notification system for Tracker'
on the Tracker Summer Of Code Proposals page:
http://live.gnome.org/Tracker/SoC
and was wondering:
- has any progress been made on this project apart from the proposal, and
- do you need any help on the kernel notification thing?
I'm willing to supervise people, offer design help, testing, implement the
thing - whatever. I just want to see an efficient file notification system in
widespread use soon, and I'm sure there are a lot more applications that can
benefit from such a system.
Thanks,
Ian
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