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Wrong watch descriptor inside IN_DELETE_SELF

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp, linux, node.js

Research direction

Start by locating the C++ binding code that translates Linux inotify events, then trace how IN_DELETE_SELF and IN_DELETE expose their watch descriptors. Compare the event data for a deleted directory with its parent-directory watch, and add a regression test if the repository has an existing event-test pattern. Done means IN_DELETE_SELF reports the descriptor for the deleted directory rather than duplicating IN_DELETE.

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Description

It looks like this event's object holds the watch descriptor associated with the parent directory, not for the directory that was just deleted. Basically it returns the same data as IN_DELETE

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C++
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