Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] usb-mtp: Add support for inotify based file monitoring

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Di, 2015-11-03 at 19:00 -0500, Bandan Das wrote:
> +                    /* Add a new watch asap so as to not lose events
> */

This comment sounds like there is a race ("asap").  There isn't one,
correct ordering (adding the watch before reading the directory) is
enough to make sure you don't miss anything.  You might see create
events for objects already in the tree though, are you prepared to
handle that?

cheers,
  Gerd