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inotify.7: Mention use of timeout when reading IN_MOVED_TO after IN_MOVED_FROM 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-07-21 07:33:17 +02:00
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@ -743,7 +743,14 @@ returned by the current call to
and the accompanying and the accompanying
.B IN_MOVED_TO .B IN_MOVED_TO
event might be fetched only on the next event might be fetched only on the next
.BR read (2). .BR read (2),
which should be done with a (small) timeout to allow for the fact that
insertion of the
.BR IN_MOVED_FROM - IN_MOVED_TO
event pair is not atomic,
and also the possibility that there may not be any
.B IN_MOVED_TO
event.
.SH BUGS .SH BUGS
.\" FIXME kernel commit 611da04f7a31b2208e838be55a42c7a1310ae321 .\" FIXME kernel commit 611da04f7a31b2208e838be55a42c7a1310ae321
.\" implies that unmount events were buggy 2.6.11 to 2.6.36 .\" implies that unmount events were buggy 2.6.11 to 2.6.36