If inode number is equal to the line number of locks which is first column in /proc/locks, generic/504 will match wrong number and get PASS. For example: ----------------------------------------------------------- inode 12 ... 12: FLOCK ADVISORY WRITE 1615 00:2e:37889 0 EOF ----------------------------------------------------------- We should match correct inode number by six column in /proc/locks. Signed-off-by: Xiao Yang <yangx.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tests/generic/504 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tests/generic/504 b/tests/generic/504 index c7d015d..21d8605 100755 --- a/tests/generic/504 +++ b/tests/generic/504 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ flock -x 9 cat /proc/locks >> $seqres.full # Checking -grep -qw $tf_inode /proc/locks || echo "lock info not found" +grep -q ":$tf_inode " /proc/locks || echo "lock info not found" # success, all done status=0 -- 1.8.3.1