Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754350AbZGKSuf (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:50:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752390AbZGKSu0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:50:26 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:47572 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751972AbZGKSuZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:50:25 -0400 Subject: Re: inotify regression, missing events From: Eric Paris To: Scott James Remnant Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1247328127.4003.6.camel@wing-commander> References: <1247328127.4003.6.camel@wing-commander> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:50:19 -0400 Message-Id: <1247313019.2791.1.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 753 Lines: 22 On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 17:02 +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote: > Hey folks, > > Looks like there's a regression with inotify since the rewrite to use > fanotify. Events are simply missing and not being delivered to > userspace. > > Here's a simple test case, just compile and run it: I bet I know exactly what it is (notification.c tail merge code isn't comparing filename only inode+mask) but I'm walking out of the house. I'll try my theory later tonight and post a patch. Stupid Eric, Stupid. -Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/