1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 2config 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 15config FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS 16 bool "fanotify permissions checking" 17 depends on FANOTIFY 18 default n 19 help 20 Say Y here is you want fanotify listeners to be able to make permissions 21 decisions concerning filesystem events. This is used by some fanotify 22 listeners which need to scan files before allowing the system access to 23 use those files. This is used by some anti-malware vendors and by some 24 hierarchical storage management systems. 25 26 If unsure, say N. 27