From e449e5f15a70ed9c3658514051b919f6afdfe251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:05:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] inotify.7: Inotify does not report events for mmap(2) and msync(2) Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/inotify.7 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7 index 266b797bd..8078a8f0c 100644 --- a/man7/inotify.7 +++ b/man7/inotify.7 @@ -630,6 +630,12 @@ and .IR /dev/pts are not monitorable with inotify. +The inotify API does not report file accesses and modifications that +may occur because of +.BR mmap (2) +and +.BR msync (2). + The inotify API identifies affected files by filename. However, by the time an application processes an inotify event, the filename may already have been deleted or renamed.