[debbugs-tracker] bug#10349: closed (tail: fix --follow on FhGFS remote file systems)

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> tail: fix --follow on FhGFS remote file systems
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> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:58:06 +0100
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> Hi,
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> can you please add the FhGFS remote file system magic "0x19830326" to 
> the inotify blacklist of the src/tail.c:fremote function.
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> We currently receive lots of problem reports regarding this issue.
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> In general, I would also like to suggest changing from the current 
> inotify blacklist to using an inotify whitelist (containing file systems 
> that are known to support inotify, such as xfs, ext2/3/4, ...). This 
> would allow setting the default for unknown file system to disabled inotify.
> Currently, the inotify mechanism is assumed to be working for all 
> unknown file systems, which probably causes trouble for a lot of the 
> different network file systems out there.
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> Thanks and best regards,
> Sven
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> Sven Breuner
> Fraunhofer HPC
> FhGFS Team
> http://www.fhgfs.com
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> Re: bug#10349: tail: fix --follow on FhGFS remote file systems
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> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:22:10 +0100
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> Sven Breuner wrote:
> > Hi Jim,
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> > Jim Meyering wrote on 12/22/2011 11:01 AM:
> >> Sven Breuner wrote:
> >>> can you please add the FhGFS remote file system magic "0x19830326" to
> >>> the inotify blacklist of the src/tail.c:fremote function.
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> >> I've attached the expected patch below.
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> > thanks for the patch!
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> I've pushed that fix and (by the -done@ address, above)
> am marking this bug as "done".
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