we have many messages about this bug in mail lists.
Let's add proper comment in code.
---
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/inotify/inotify02.c      |   17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 testcases/kernel/containers/netns/container_ftp.pl

diff --git a/testcases/kernel/containers/netns/container_ftp.pl 
b/testcases/kernel/containers/netns/container_ftp.pl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/inotify/inotify02.c 
b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/inotify/inotify02.c
index b8b94d6..30648cb 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/inotify/inotify02.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/inotify/inotify02.c
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ int main(int ac, char **av){
 
         /*
          * test that duplicate events will be coalesced into
-         * a single event
+         * a single event. This test case should be last, that
+        * we can correct determine kernel bug which exist before
+        * 2.6.25. See comment below.
          */
         snprintf(fname3, BUF_SIZE, "%s.rename2", fname1);
         if (rename(fname2, fname3) == -1){
@@ -250,6 +252,19 @@ int main(int ac, char **av){
             struct inotify_event *event;
             event = (struct inotify_event *) &event_buf[i];
             if (test_num >= TST_TOTAL){
+               if (tst_kvercmp(2,6,25) < 0 && \
+                               event_set[TST_TOTAL - 1].mask == event->mask)
+                       tst_resm(TWARN, "This may be kernel bug. "              
\
+                               "Before kernel 2.6.25, a kernel bug "           
\
+                               "meant that the kernel code that was "          
\
+                               "intended to coalesce successive identical "    
\
+                               "events (i.e., the two most recent "            
\
+                               "events could potentially be coalesced "        
\
+                               "if the older had not yet been read) "          
\
+                               "instead checked if the most recent event "     
\
+                               "could be coalesced with the oldest "           
\
+                               "unread event. This has been fixed by commit"   
\
+                               "1c17d18e3775485bf1e0ce79575eb637a94494a2.");
                 tst_resm(TFAIL, "get unnecessary event: "
                     "wd=%d mask=%x cookie=%u len=%u"
                     "name=\"%s\"",event->wd, event->mask,
-- 
1.6.0.6


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