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[PATCH 1/2] autorevert: don't reuse existing watch descriptors

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Message #17 received at 44638 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> catern.com>
Cc: 44638 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44638: [PATCH 1/2] autorevert: don't reuse existing watch
 descriptors
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 20:21:46 +0200

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> catern.com>
> Cc: 44638 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:01:43 -0500
> 
> Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> catern.com> writes:
> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> >> Again, we watch the directory of the file, so what inotify does with
> >> files is not really relevant, IMO.  I wonder what that means for the
> >> changes you propose.
> >
> > Ah. Well, the inotify comment was just an example. Even given that Emacs
> > watches directories rather than files, I think this change is for the
> > best - the overhead of registering 5 files directly instead of 1
> > underlying directory is minimal.
> 
> So does this kind of change still seem plausible?

I'd expect Michael Albinus to chime in on this, as autorevert is his
domain.  Michael?

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