src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/fs/LinuxFileSystem.java

@@ -35,47 +35,21 @@
 /**
  * Linux implementation of FileSystem
  */
 
 class LinuxFileSystem extends UnixFileSystem {
-    private final boolean hasInotify;
-
     LinuxFileSystem(UnixFileSystemProvider provider, String dir) {
         super(provider, dir);
-
-        // assume X.Y[-Z] format
-        String osversion = AccessController
-            .doPrivileged(new GetPropertyAction("os.version"));
-        String[] vers = Util.split(osversion, '.');
-        assert vers.length >= 2;
-
-        int majorVersion = Integer.parseInt(vers[0]);
-        int minorVersion = Integer.parseInt(vers[1]);
-        int microVersion = 0;
-        if (vers.length > 2) {
-            String[] microVers = Util.split(vers[2], '-');
-            microVersion = (microVers.length > 0) ?
-                Integer.parseInt(microVers[0]) : 0;
         }
 
-        // inotify available since 2.6.13
-        this.hasInotify = ((majorVersion > 2) ||
-            (majorVersion == 2 && minorVersion > 6) ||
-            ((majorVersion == 2) && (minorVersion == 6) && (microVersion >= 13)));
-    }
-
     @Override
     public WatchService newWatchService()
         throws IOException
     {
-        if (hasInotify) {
+        // assume 2.6.13 or newer
             return new LinuxWatchService(this);
-        } else {
-            // use polling implementation on older kernels
-            return new PollingWatchService();
         }
-    }
 
 
     // lazy initialization of the list of supported attribute views
     private static class SupportedFileFileAttributeViewsHolder {
         static final Set<String> supportedFileAttributeViews =