[Tracker] Linux kernel watchless file notification



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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