--- source3/smbd/notify_inotify.c.inotify	2009-12-15 09:25:26.000000000 +0100

+++ source3/smbd/notify_inotify.c	2009-12-17 18:42:06.000000000 +0100

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@

 	struct sys_notify_context *ctx;

 	int fd;

 	struct inotify_watch_context *watches;

+	bool broken_inotify;	/* Late stop for broken system */

 };

 struct inotify_watch_context {

@@ -239,8 +240,15 @@

 	  filenames, and thus can't know how much to allocate

 	  otherwise

 	*/

-	if (ioctl(in->fd, FIONREAD, &bufsize) != 0 || 

-	    bufsize == 0) {

+	if ((ioctl(in->fd, FIONREAD, &bufsize) != 0) && (errno == EACCES)) {

+		/*

+		 * Workaround for broken system (SELinux policy bug fixed since long but it is always better not to loop on EACCES)

+		 */

+		TALLOC_FREE(fde);

+		in->broken_inotify = True;

+		return;

+	}

+	if (bufsize == 0) {

 		DEBUG(0,("No data on inotify fd?!\n"));

 		TALLOC_FREE(fde);

 		return;

@@ -297,6 +305,7 @@

 	}

 	in->ctx = ctx;

 	in->watches = NULL;

+	in->broken_inotify = False;

 	ctx->private_data = in;

 	talloc_set_destructor(in, inotify_destructor);

@@ -391,6 +400,10 @@

 	in = talloc_get_type(ctx->private_data, struct inotify_private);

+	if (in->broken_inotify) {

+		return NT_STATUS_OK;

+	}

+

 	mask = inotify_map(e);

 	if (mask == 0) {

 		/* this filter can't be handled by inotify */