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imfile inotify handling improved: safer systems, lower rsyslog impact

Large imfile deployments can put pressure on Linux inotify resources. In practice, running out of inotify watches is very uncommon, but when it does happen, the consequences used to be unpleasant and system-wide.

Diagram comparing rsyslog imfile inotify handling before and after improvements, showing a transition from unbounded resource use to stable limits.

To address this properly, we completed a single improvement delivered in two steps: treat inotify usage as a bounded, shared system resource while keeping rsyslog itself as unaffected as possible.

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