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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2010-03-10 15:21:57 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-12 15:52:35 -0800
commit1e0051ae48a253685e4309256f9c1ec2bdb74b5d (patch)
tree15d1d284fb91bb9b6683991402186c681c118d81 /Documentation/filesystems
parentd49129accc21ddb2e779d375dacafb612b1bd28d (diff)
Documentation/fs/: split txt and source files
Make dnotify_test.c source file and add it to Makefile so that bitrot can be prevented. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Makefile8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt39
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/dnotify_test.c34
4 files changed, 49 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
index 5139b8c9d5a..3bae418c6ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ dlmfs.txt
- info on the userspace interface to the OCFS2 DLM.
dnotify.txt
- info about directory notification in Linux.
+dnotify_test.c
+ - example program for dnotify
ecryptfs.txt
- docs on eCryptfs: stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux.
exofs.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Makefile b/Documentation/filesystems/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5dd114da14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# kbuild trick to avoid linker error. Can be omitted if a module is built.
+obj- := dummy.o
+
+# List of programs to build
+hostprogs-y := dnotify_test
+
+# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
+always := $(hostprogs-y)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt
index 9f5d338ddbb..6baf88f4685 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt
@@ -62,38 +62,9 @@ disabled, fcntl(fd, F_NOTIFY, ...) will return -EINVAL.
Example
-------
+See Documentation/filesystems/dnotify_test.c for an example.
- #define _GNU_SOURCE /* needed to get the defines */
- #include <fcntl.h> /* in glibc 2.2 this has the needed
- values defined */
- #include <signal.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
-
- static volatile int event_fd;
-
- static void handler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *data)
- {
- event_fd = si->si_fd;
- }
-
- int main(void)
- {
- struct sigaction act;
- int fd;
-
- act.sa_sigaction = handler;
- sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
- act.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
- sigaction(SIGRTMIN + 1, &act, NULL);
-
- fd = open(".", O_RDONLY);
- fcntl(fd, F_SETSIG, SIGRTMIN + 1);
- fcntl(fd, F_NOTIFY, DN_MODIFY|DN_CREATE|DN_MULTISHOT);
- /* we will now be notified if any of the files
- in "." is modified or new files are created */
- while (1) {
- pause();
- printf("Got event on fd=%d\n", event_fd);
- }
- }
+NOTE
+----
+Beginning with Linux 2.6.13, dnotify has been replaced by inotify.
+See Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt for more information on it.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify_test.c b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b37b4a1e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE /* needed to get the defines */
+#include <fcntl.h> /* in glibc 2.2 this has the needed
+ values defined */
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static volatile int event_fd;
+
+static void handler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *data)
+{
+ event_fd = si->si_fd;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ struct sigaction act;
+ int fd;
+
+ act.sa_sigaction = handler;
+ sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
+ act.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+ sigaction(SIGRTMIN + 1, &act, NULL);
+
+ fd = open(".", O_RDONLY);
+ fcntl(fd, F_SETSIG, SIGRTMIN + 1);
+ fcntl(fd, F_NOTIFY, DN_MODIFY|DN_CREATE|DN_MULTISHOT);
+ /* we will now be notified if any of the files
+ in "." is modified or new files are created */
+ while (1) {
+ pause();
+ printf("Got event on fd=%d\n", event_fd);
+ }
+}