2 # Exercise an abort-inducing flaw in inotify-enabled tail -F.
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19 .
"${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ .
/src
22 # 9 is a magic number, related to internal details of tail.c and hash.c
24 seq $n |
xargs touch || framework_failure_
29 grep "$tail_re" out
> /dev
/null ||
30 { sleep $delay; return 1; }
33 # Terminate any background tail process
34 cleanup_
() { kill $pid 2>/dev
/null
&& wait $pid; }
36 # Speedup the non inotify case
37 fastpoll
='-s.1 --max-unchanged-stats=1'
39 for mode
in '' '---disable-inotify'; do
42 tail $mode $fastpoll -qF $
(seq $n) > out
2>&1 & pid
=$
!
44 # Wait up to 12.7s for tail to start
46 tail_re
='^x$' retry_delay_ check_tail_output
.1 7 ||
49 mv 1 f || framework_failure_
51 # Wait 12.7s for this diagnostic:
52 # tail: '1' has become inaccessible: No such file or directory
53 tail_re
='inaccessible' retry_delay_ check_tail_output
.1 7 ||
56 # Trigger the bug. Before the fix, this would provoke the abort.
57 echo a
> 1 || framework_failure_
59 # Wait up to 6.3s for the "tail: '1' has appeared; ..." message
60 # (or for the buggy tail to die)
61 tail_re
='has appeared' retry_delay_ check_tail_output
.1 6 ||
64 # Double check that tail hasn't aborted
65 kill -0 $pid || fail
=1