linux-kernel - Re: v2.6.31-rc6 inotify not reporting deleted files

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Message-ID: <m1eiqy5o87.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:12:08 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: v2.6.31-rc6 inotify not reporting deleted files

Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com> writes:

> On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 02:06 -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> I don't have a small test case yet, but I have an application that
>> uses inotify and watches a file and takes action when that file has been
>> deleted.  Running that application on 2.6.31-rc6 the application is
>> no longer seeing the file being deleted.
>
> Are you dealing with hard linked files?

I shouldn't be.  When I skimmed through everything last night it
looked like add a watch for create/delete/modify.  Wait.

File created (see it) file deleted (miss it).

I will go verify I can cook up a reproducer, on my box where it
has been failing consistently.

Eric

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