bug#44638: [PATCH 1/2] autorevert: don't reuse existing watch descriptors

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@catern.com>
> Cc: 44638@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:01:43 -0500
> 
> Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@catern.com> writes:
> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz@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?