Re: Problem with inotify

From: Robert Love
Date: Thu Jun 30 2005 - 13:31:01 EST


On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 20:18 +0200, David GÃmez wrote:

> I just patched 2.6.12 kernel with the inotify latest patch
> (inotify-0.23-rml-2.6.12-14.patch). Inotify is working ok with the test program
> provided in inotify-utils but... I can no longer mount my IDE cdrom devices
> :(. Each time i try to mount a disc, the mount proccess get stuck in D state. I
> don't see what's the relation between inotify and IDE devices, but if i switch
> back to the unpatched 2.6.12, mounting works again.

Very weird.

Did everything work with an earlier inotify?

Does wchan show anything useful (ps -ewo user,pid,command,wchan)?

Does it mount successfully once, and then subsequent mounts get suck, or
does even the first mount get stuck in D?

Thanks,

Robert Love




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