| config FANOTIFY | |
| bool "Filesystem wide access notification" | |
| select FSNOTIFY | |
| select ANON_INODES | |
| default n | |
| ---help--- | |
| Say Y here to enable fanotify support. fanotify is a file access | |
| notification system which differs from inotify in that it sends | |
| an open file descriptor to the userspace listener along with | |
| the event. | |
| If unsure, say Y. | |
| config FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS | |
| bool "fanotify permissions checking" | |
| depends on FANOTIFY | |
| depends on SECURITY | |
| default n | |
| ---help--- | |
| Say Y here is you want fanotify listeners to be able to make permissions | |
| decisions concerning filesystem events. This is used by some fanotify | |
| listeners which need to scan files before allowing the system access to | |
| use those files. This is used by some anti-malware vendors and by some | |
| hierarchical storage managent systems. | |
| If unsure, say N. |