linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/notify/inotify: decrement user inotify count on close

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Date:	Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:14:49 -0400
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
To:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, john@...nmccutchan.com,
	rlove@...ve.org, eparis@...isplace.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/notify/inotify: decrement user inotify count on
 close

On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 21:56 -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> The per-user inotify_devs value is incremented each time a new file is
> allocated, but never decremented. This led to inotify_init failing after a
> limited number of calls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>

Thanks, I will push to Linus later today, sorry about the regression!

-Eric

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