By that logic if select() is broken in the kernel and does not properly handle its arguments or give proper error codes, my program which expects to get proper error codes from the syscall is broken because it doesn't know how to handle something not working as documented? I'm not sure I agree with that.
tail should be able to trust that if inotify_add_watch() returns with a successful return code, then the directory that was given to the kernel *is watched*. If an error were returned, as it is in other filesystems where inotify does not work, then tail would fall back to polling. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882147 Title: overlayfs does not implement inotify interfaces correctly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/882147/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
