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authorEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>2009-06-29 11:13:30 -0400
committerEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>2009-10-18 15:49:38 -0400
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inotify: deprecate the inotify kernel interface
In 2.6.33 there will be no users of the inotify interface. Mark it for removal as fsnotify is more generic and is easier to use. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
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@@ -418,6 +418,14 @@ When: 2.6.33
Why: Should be implemented in userspace, policy daemon.
Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+---------------------------
+
+What: CONFIG_INOTIFY
+When: 2.6.33
+Why: last user (audit) will be converted to the newer more generic
+ and more easily maintained fsnotify subsystem
+Who: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
+
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What: lock_policy_rwsem_* and unlock_policy_rwsem_* will not be