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-rw-r--r--inotail.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/inotail.c b/inotail.c
index fefde0d..8a9e1a9 100644
--- a/inotail.c
+++ b/inotail.c
@@ -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;