linux-kernel - Re: Possible bug in inotify api

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Message-ID: <1ef7327eb07f3de0a776e22f724f92fc.squirrel@webmail01.one.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:17:17 +0200
From:	Morten Winkler Jørgensen <morten@...kler.dk>
To:	Asbjørn Sannes <ace@...nes.org>
Cc:	morten@...kler.dk, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Eric Paris" <eparis@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Possible bug in inotify api

>>> So perhaps we fixed whatever-it-was in a later kernel.  2.6.23 is
>>> pretty old!
>
> Actually it failed for me on 2.6.39.2
>
> Directory D-7 deleted in /tmp.
> Removes /tmp/D-7 as wd 8. Has 4994 watches
> Caught: No no no...

Ah. My colleague also saw this on an installation of the latest stable 
OpenSuSE, featuring a 2.6.37.6 kernel.

I've never attended this mailinglist before. Is there anything I should to
to assist the investigation? Or just be patient?

Morten

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