Re: [prepatch] Directory Notification

[Alexander Viro]

On Sun, 21 May 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

> How do you deal with the 
> 
>       poll()
>       do stuff
>       poll()
> 
> and a directory chage occuring during a 'do stuff' period

Erm... Keeping the time of last poll()-reported event in struct file, for
one? Not that I liked it that much, but IMO it's worth considering - RT
signals feel like an overkill here.