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DateWed, 01 Mar 2006 15:35:22 -0500
FromPeter Staubach <>
SubjectRe: 2.6.16-rc5-mm1
Andrew Morton wrote:

>Maybe you're not running applications which install inotify watches.  This
>is apparently triggerable by doing `touch foo;rm foo;touch foo' in a watched
>directory.
>
>Nick, isn't it simply a matter of..
>
>--- devel/fs/dcache.c~inotify-lock-avoidance-with-parent-watch-status-in-dentry-fix	2006-03-01 12:10:48.000000000 -0800
>+++ devel-akpm/fs/dcache.c	2006-03-01 12:11:33.000000000 -0800
>@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ repeat:
> 		goto kill_it;
>   	if (list_empty(&dentry->d_lru)) {
>   		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_REFERENCED;
>+		dentry->d_flags &= DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
>   		list_add(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
>   		dentry_stat.nr_unused++;
>   	}
>_
>
>-
>

This doesn;t look quite corect to me.  First set DCACHE_REFERENCED in
the d_flags and then clear every bit in d_flags except
DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED?  Should this be 
"~DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED"?

    Thanx...

       ps
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