Re: Inotify problem [was Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1]

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

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;
		}
	}
}

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