Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423196AbWCXGqQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:46:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423197AbWCXGqQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:46:16 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:32418 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423196AbWCXGqP (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:46:15 -0500 Subject: Re: [2.6.16 PATCH] Connector: Filesystem Events Connector From: Arjan van de Ven To: Yi Yang Cc: LKML , Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <44234115.7010303@gmail.com> References: <44216612.3060406@gmail.com> <1143101844.3147.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <44234115.7010303@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:46:10 +0100 Message-Id: <1143182772.2882.2.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 985 Lines: 27 On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 08:45 +0800, Yi Yang wrote: > Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 22:58 +0800, Yi Yang wrote: > > > >> This patch implements a new connector, Filesystem Event Connector, > >> the user can monitor filesystem activities via it, currently, it > >> can monitor access, attribute change, open, create, modify, delete, > >> move and close of any file or directory. > >> > > > > > > how is this not redundant functionality with the audit subsystem ? > > > If you open Audit option, audit subsystem will audit all the syscalls, no only those you subscribe to and your other arguments... I don't buy them either. If you want a small improvement to audit, DO THAT, not duplicate in other code... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/