linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] fsnotify: fix softlockups iterating over d

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Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:58:06 +0300
From:   Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] fsnotify: fix softlockups iterating over d_subdirs

>
> Well I feel stupid. The reason behind this seems to be... that
> d_find_any_alias() returns a reference to the dentry, and I promptly
> leaked that. I'll have it fixed in v3 which I'm going through testing
> now.
>

I reckon if you ran the LTP fsnotify tests you would have seen this
warning a lot more instead of just one random pseudo filesystem
that some process is probably setting a watch on...

You should run the existing LTP test to check for regressions.
The fanotify/inotify test cases in LTP are easy to run, for example:
run make in testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify and execute individual
./fanotify* executable.

If you point me to a branch, I can run the tests until you get
your LTP setup ready.

Thanks,
Amir.