Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: Inotify problem [was Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1] | | From | Johannes Berg <> | | Date | Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:18:27 +0200 |
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Hi,
> I have also observed another problem with inotify with dovecot - so I spoke > with Johannes Berg who wrote the inotify code in dovecot. He suggested I post > here to LKML since his opinion is that this to be a kernel bug.
Allow me to jump in at this point. The small tool below triggers this problem for Reuben (confirmed via private mail) but works fine for me on 2.6.13-rc6.
johannes
--begin test program-- /* Author: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> * * This is a small inotify test program that simply * repeatedly adds and removes watches. */ #include <stdio.h> #include <linux/inotify.h> #include <linux/inotify-syscalls.h>
int main() { int fd; int wd1, wd2; int ret; fd = inotify_init();
if (fd < 0) perror("inotify_init"); printf("inotify_init returned fd %d\n", fd);
while (1) { wd1 = inotify_add_watch(fd, "/tmp", IN_ALL_EVENTS); if (wd1 < 0) { perror("inotify_add_watch"); break; } printf("inotify_add_watch returned wd1 %d\n", wd1); wd2 = inotify_add_watch(fd, "/", IN_ALL_EVENTS);
if (wd2 < 0) { perror("inotify_add_watch"); break; } printf("inotify_add_watch returned wd2 %d\n", wd2); ret = inotify_rm_watch(fd, wd1); if (ret < 0) { perror("inotify_rm_watch wd1"); break; } ret = inotify_rm_watch(fd, wd2); if (ret < 0) { perror("inotify_rm_watch wd2"); break; } } } [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] |  |