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The previous fixes to races in the various tail tests,
identified actual races in the tail inotify implementation.
With --follow=descriptor, if the tailed file was replaced before
the inotify watch was added, then any subsequent changes were ignored.
Similarly in --follow=name mode, all changes to a new name were
effectively ignored if that name was created after the original open()
but before the inotify_add_watch().
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Fix 3 cases.
1. With -f, don't stop tailing when file removed before watch.
2. With -f, watch right file when file replaced before watch.
3. With -F, inspect correct file when replaced before watch.
Existing tests identify these when tail compiled with TAIL_TEST_SLEEP.
* tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate-resources.sh:
This test also identifies the issue with --follow=name
when TAIL_TEST_SLEEP is used. Adjust so the test is immune
to such races, and also fail quicker on remote file systems.
* tests/tail-2/inotify-race2.sh: A new test using GDB,
based on inotify-race.sh, which tests the -F race
without needed recompilation with sleeps.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the bug.
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