Description of problem: inotifywait exits with an error message when watching a long list of files Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): inotify-tools-4.23.9.0-2.fc41.x86_64 How reproducible: Run inotifywait on a long list of files Steps to Reproduce: 1. cd to a directory containing many subdirectories and files 2. Run `find . -type f | xargs inotifywait` 3. Watch the error message Actual results: Setting up watches. Couldn't watch �ʲѬU: No such file or directory double free or corruption (out) xargs: inotifywait: terminated by signal 6 Expected results: Either (1) inotifywait pauses and produces no output until a file changes or (2) inotifywait exits with an error message stating that I am trying to watch too many files Additional info:
Fix a crash on >=1024 watched files https://github.com/inotify-tools/inotify-tools/pull/230
FEDORA-2025-d317462fae (inotify-tools-4.23.9.0-4.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-d317462fae
FEDORA-2025-a5081b6f50 (inotify-tools-4.23.9.0-3.fc41) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 41. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-a5081b6f50
FEDORA-2025-d317462fae has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-d317462fae` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-d317462fae See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2025-a5081b6f50 has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-a5081b6f50` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-a5081b6f50 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Tested on Fedora 41 -- this version fixes the problem for me, thank you.
FEDORA-2025-a5081b6f50 (inotify-tools-4.23.9.0-3.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
FEDORA-2025-d317462fae (inotify-tools-4.23.9.0-4.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.