Re: fanotify read returns with errno == EOPENSTALE

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Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>:

> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Marko Rauhamaa
> <marko.rauhamaa@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>>> Sorry I messed up the previous patch. please try this one:
>>
>> I will try it.

Tried it. Superficially, it seems to be working, but...

>> More importantly, does EAGAIN here still guarantee EPOLLET semantics
>> of epoll(7)? IOW, if I get EAGAIN, I shouldn't have to try read(2)ing
>> the fanotify fd again before calling epoll_wait(2).
>
> Yes, if you get EAGAIN it means there are no more events in the queue,
> so shouldn't have to try read again.

I ran into a system hang with our real product that suggests there might
be a problem left. It would be explained if your patch generated an
EAGAIN while there were other events waiting in the queue.

I will have to investigate further.


Marko

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