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| -rw-r--r-- | inotail.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -323,8 +323,9 @@ ignore: static int watch_files(struct file_struct *f, int n_files) { int ifd, i, n_ignored = 0; + unsigned buflen = 2 * n_files * sizeof(struct inotify_event); struct inotify_event *inev; - char buf[sizeof(struct inotify_event) * 32]; /* Let's hope we don't get more than 32 events at a time */ + char *buf; ifd = inotify_init(); if (ifd < 0) { @@ -340,13 +341,14 @@ static int watch_files(struct file_struct *f, int n_files) n_ignored++; } - memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(buf)); + buf = malloc(buflen); + memset(buf, 0, buflen); while (n_ignored < n_files) { int len; - len = read(ifd, buf, sizeof(buf)); - inev = (struct inotify_event *) &buf; + len = read(ifd, buf, buflen); + inev = (struct inotify_event *) buf; while (len > 0) { struct file_struct *fil = NULL; @@ -368,6 +370,7 @@ static int watch_files(struct file_struct *f, int n_files) } } + free(buf); close(ifd); return n_ignored; |