https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85381 Bug ID: 85381 Summary: ext4 & tmpfs: Splicing to regular files doesn't trigger inotify Product: File System Version: 2.5 Kernel Version: 3.14 Hardware: All OS: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: ext4 Assignee: fs_ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reporter: richardpku@xxxxxxxxx Regression: No * How to reproduce: /tmp % cat a.c #define _GNU_SOURCE 1 #include <limits.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <fcntl.h> int main(void) { int pipefd[2]; pipe(pipefd); for (;;) { sleep(1); write(pipefd[1], "Hello world\n", 12); splice(pipefd[0], NULL, 1, NULL, INT_MAX, 0); } } /tmp % gcc a.c /tmp % touch a.txt /tmp % ./a.out > a.txt & tail -f a.txt * Expected result: tail prints "Hello world" every second. * Actual result: btrfs: Works as expected; ext4/tmpfs: tail blocks on inotify forever and prints nothing. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
