Re: filemon

slightly tangent question but does filemon and consequently
WITH_META_MODE=YES work, when /usr/obj is on tmpfs? In my test, it is not
and i tested without reboot, so /usr/obj is not removed. Reason is to avoid
disk use when building world/kernel.


On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 6:35 PM void <void@f-m.fm> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 03:01:22PM +0000, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
>
> >filemon is not a device, it's an option.  So you can't have "device
> >filemon" in your kernel config file.
>
> man 4 filemon has the following
>
> NAME
>       filemon – the filemon device
>
> [...]
>
> DESCRIPTION
>       The filemon device allows a process to collect file operations data
> of
>       its children.  The device /dev/filemon responds to two ioctl(2)
> calls.
>
> [...]
>
> Are you sure it's not a device? The man page suggests otherwise.
>
> --
>
>