Re: [patch] stop inotify from sending random DELETE_SELF event under load

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, John McCutchan wrote:
> 
> Okay here are some cases to help you get a better idea,

The case that is _interesting_ is this one:

 ln /tmp/foo /tmp/bar

 p1: watch /tmp/foo

and then one or both of (different orders - four cases):

 p2: rm /tmp/bar
 p2: rm /tmp/foo

(along with "fd = open(/tmp/foo) + rm /tmp/foo + sleep + close(fd)" of 
course, which Al already pointed out).

		Linus
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