1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 2 config FANOTIFY 3 bool "Filesystem wide access notification" 4 select FSNOTIFY 5 select EXPORTFS 6 default n 7 help 8 Say Y here to enable fanotify support. fanotify is a file access 9 notification system which differs from inotify in that it sends 10 an open file descriptor to the userspace listener along with 11 the event. 12 13 If unsure, say Y. 14 15 config FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS 16 bool "fanotify permissions checking" 17 depends on FANOTIFY 18 depends on SECURITY 19 default n 20 help 21 Say Y here is you want fanotify listeners to be able to make permissions 22 decisions concerning filesystem events. This is used by some fanotify 23 listeners which need to scan files before allowing the system access to 24 use those files. This is used by some anti-malware vendors and by some 25 hierarchical storage management systems. 26 27 If unsure, say N.
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