On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Simon <[email protected]> wrote: > Super suggestions there! > I've heard of some of these and showed interest (namely in fuse) in > the past... I'll try read on all of these and pick the best of what > they can offer! thanks a lot! > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Mulyadi Santosa > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi... >> >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Simon <[email protected]> wrote: >>> My question is: if i read on VFS, is this the correct keyword for >>> what I intend to do? Is there anything else that is closely related >>> that I would need to read? (i mean specific to my project, i already >>> have links to more general kernel dev). And is there any such kind of >>> project that I could look into, reuse and extend possibly? >> >> Things you can check besides inotify: >> - FUSE (filesystem on user space) >> - kprobe ( to intercept certain kernel function and do something about it) >> - device mapper.... to create a layer just above the device layer. >> software RAID, for example, is built upon device mapper. >>
Also, linux supports a stackable filesystem concept. I don't know much about it, but unionfs is one example. I think there are several others. A stackable filesystem seems like the right approach for what you are doing. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
