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authorJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>2007-10-16 23:29:31 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-17 08:42:56 -0700
commit8e8934695dfd1d5013555a74a9da706a2e301cb0 (patch)
treeedef65302982cbd3e18cf4ef3c88040939886e3a /fs/Kconfig
parentfac8b209b1084bc85748bd54e13d00c1262b220f (diff)
downloadlinux-8e8934695dfd1d5013555a74a9da706a2e301cb0.tar.bz2
quota: send messages via netlink
Implement sending of quota messages via netlink interface. The advantage is that in userspace we can better decide what to do with the message - for example display a dialogue in your X session or just write the message to the console. As a bonus, we can get rid of problems with console locking deep inside filesystem code once we remove the old printing mechanism. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index f0df9a2e19e1..dc06033f8502 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -534,6 +534,24 @@ config QUOTA
with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
+config QUOTA_NETLINK_INTERFACE
+ bool "Report quota messages through netlink interface"
+ depends on QUOTA && NET
+ help
+ If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
+ hardlimit, etc.) will be reported through netlink interface. If unsure,
+ say Y.
+
+config PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING
+ bool "Print quota warnings to console (OBSOLETE)"
+ depends on QUOTA
+ default y
+ help
+ If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
+ hardlimit, etc.) will be printed to the process' controlling terminal.
+ Note that this behavior is currently deprecated and may go away in
+ future. Please use notification via netlink socket instead.
+
config QFMT_V1
tristate "Old quota format support"
depends on QUOTA