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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/inotify.h b/include/uapi/linux/inotify.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e6bf35b2dd34 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/uapi/linux/inotify.h @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +/* + * Inode based directory notification for Linux + * + * Copyright (C) 2005 John McCutchan + */ + +#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_INOTIFY_H +#define _UAPI_LINUX_INOTIFY_H + +/* For O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK */ +#include <linux/fcntl.h> +#include <linux/types.h> + +/* + * struct inotify_event - structure read from the inotify device for each event + * + * When you are watching a directory, you will receive the filename for events + * such as IN_CREATE, IN_DELETE, IN_OPEN, IN_CLOSE, ..., relative to the wd. + */ +struct inotify_event { + __s32 wd; /* watch descriptor */ + __u32 mask; /* watch mask */ + __u32 cookie; /* cookie to synchronize two events */ + __u32 len; /* length (including nulls) of name */ + char name[0]; /* stub for possible name */ +}; + +/* the following are legal, implemented events that user-space can watch for */ +#define IN_ACCESS 0x00000001 /* File was accessed */ +#define IN_MODIFY 0x00000002 /* File was modified */ +#define IN_ATTRIB 0x00000004 /* Metadata changed */ +#define IN_CLOSE_WRITE 0x00000008 /* Writtable file was closed */ +#define IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE 0x00000010 /* Unwrittable file closed */ +#define IN_OPEN 0x00000020 /* File was opened */ +#define IN_MOVED_FROM 0x00000040 /* File was moved from X */ +#define IN_MOVED_TO 0x00000080 /* File was moved to Y */ +#define IN_CREATE 0x00000100 /* Subfile was created */ +#define IN_DELETE 0x00000200 /* Subfile was deleted */ +#define IN_DELETE_SELF 0x00000400 /* Self was deleted */ +#define IN_MOVE_SELF 0x00000800 /* Self was moved */ + +/* the following are legal events. they are sent as needed to any watch */ +#define IN_UNMOUNT 0x00002000 /* Backing fs was unmounted */ +#define IN_Q_OVERFLOW 0x00004000 /* Event queued overflowed */ +#define IN_IGNORED 0x00008000 /* File was ignored */ + +/* helper events */ +#define IN_CLOSE (IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE) /* close */ +#define IN_MOVE (IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO) /* moves */ + +/* special flags */ +#define IN_ONLYDIR 0x01000000 /* only watch the path if it is a directory */ +#define IN_DONT_FOLLOW 0x02000000 /* don't follow a sym link */ +#define IN_EXCL_UNLINK 0x04000000 /* exclude events on unlinked objects */ +#define IN_MASK_ADD 0x20000000 /* add to the mask of an already existing watch */ +#define IN_ISDIR 0x40000000 /* event occurred against dir */ +#define IN_ONESHOT 0x80000000 /* only send event once */ + +/* + * All of the events - we build the list by hand so that we can add flags in + * the future and not break backward compatibility. Apps will get only the + * events that they originally wanted. Be sure to add new events here! + */ +#define IN_ALL_EVENTS (IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY | IN_ATTRIB | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | \ + IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE | IN_OPEN | IN_MOVED_FROM | \ + IN_MOVED_TO | IN_DELETE | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE_SELF | \ + IN_MOVE_SELF) + +/* Flags for sys_inotify_init1. */ +#define IN_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC +#define IN_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK + + +#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_INOTIFY_H */ |