linux-kernel - Re: inotify_add_watch() returning ENOSPC in 2.6.24 [watch descriptor leak?]

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Message-ID: <ecb4efd10802071324n3582fdfai3154a3a488ade2fd@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:24:15 -0500
From:	"Clem Taylor" <clem.taylor@...il.com>
To:	"Ulisses Furquim" <ulissesf@...il.com>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Amy Griffis" <amy.griffis@...com>
Subject: Re: inotify_add_watch() returning ENOSPC in 2.6.24 [watch descriptor leak?]

On Feb 7, 2008 1:54 PM, Ulisses Furquim <ulissesf@...il.com> wrote:
> Ok, I had a go with it and found the problem. We weren't releasing
> one-shot watches because the test for them was wrong. We're using the
> event's mask to test for one-shot watches when we should've been using
> the watch's mask.

Thanks, this patch seems to fix the problem.

                                --Clem
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