rlocate will NEVER work with kernels >2.6.24

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I'd like to ask if rlocate can't be merged in the kernel so we avoid the need to always reinstall the module. Wouldn't it be much easier? Thanks.

make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src/rlocate-module
gcc -Wp,-MD,/usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src/rlocate-module/.rlocate.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/local/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.2.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -march=k8 -m64 -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -funit-at-a-time -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -fstack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DIRCTL_DEV_MAJOR=254 -DRL_VERSION=\"0.5.6\" -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I ./ -I /lib/modules/2.6.24/build/include/ -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(rlocate)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(rlocate)" -c -o /usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src/rlocate-module/.tmp_rlocate.o /usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src/rlocate-module/rlocate.c
/usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src/rlocate-module/rlocate.c: In function 'init_rlocate':
/usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src/rlocate-module/rlocate.c:1046: error: implicit declaration of function 'mod_unreg_security'
/usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src/rlocate-module/rlocate.c:1048: error: implicit declaration of function 'unregister_security'
make[5]: *** [/usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src/rlocate-module/rlocate.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src/rlocate-module] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux'
make[3]: *** [rlocate.o] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src/rlocate-module'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/rlocate-0.5.6'
make: *** [all] Error 2

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This is just an idea, I'm no kernel programmer and I don't have any insights into the rlocate sources and its mechanisms.
http://inotify-tools.sourceforge.net/ works with kernel 2.6.24
Could rlocate use the same interface to the kernel?
Not sure if that hint is any help at all. Maybe there is even a performance issue connected with this.

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Here is what the kernel people have to say...
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10193

Please, do something about this. Distributions are about to remove rlocate, as the current kernel would need to be patched for rlocate to work. If inotify doesn't do the trick, maybe you could help improve it to suit the purpose.
Thanks!

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I've had a look at inotify. From what I found out, it would take gigabytes of ram to implement rlocate with inotify.
I suggest you submit your module as a kernel patch. As its strategy is quite different to inotify, it might be accepted for 2.6.26 or so...

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A solution with inotify will not only need lots of memory but also take several minutes to set up all the required watches on startup. If rlocate is to ever work again, the kernel module will have to be merged to the kernel.

Someone, please do something about this!

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It should be possible to do it like nullfs here http://dazuko.dnsalias.org/wiki/index.php/Downloads

I don't have much time at the moment, so patches are welcomed.