tests: avoid false failure in tail inotify test
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # Exercise an abort-inducing flaw in inotify-enabled tail -F.
3 # Like inotify-hash-abuse, but without a hard-coded "9".
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20 . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
21 print_ver_ tail
23 # Terminate any background tail process
24 cleanup_() { kill $pid 2>/dev/null && wait $pid; }
26 # Speedup the non inotify case
27 fastpoll='-s.1 --max-unchanged-stats=1'
29 for mode in '' '---disable-inotify'; do
30 touch f || framework_failure_
32 tail $mode $fastpoll -F f & pid=$!
34 for i in $(seq 200); do
35 kill -0 $pid || break;
36 mv f g
37 touch f
38 done
40 # Ensure tail hasn't aborted
41 kill -0 $pid || fail=1
43 cleanup_
44 done
46 Exit $fail