FYI, we noticed the below changes on git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master commit 66ba93c0d7fe63def447ad0afe380307ff9ebcad ("fanotify: don't set FAN_ONDIR implicitly on a marks ignored mask") When doing LTP test. Test system hang after doing some fanotify test cases, while system can run to reboot in the parent comments. <<>> tag=fanotify01 stime=1429706735 cmdline="fanotify01" contacts="" analysis=exit <<>> fanotify01 1 TPASS : get event: mask=31 pid=11237 fd=8 fanotify01 2 TPASS : get event: mask=11 pid=11237 fd=4294967294 fanotify01 3 TPASS : get event: mask=10 pid=11237 fd=4294967294 fanotify01 4 TPASS : get event: mask=2a pid=11237 fd=9 fanotify01 5 TPASS : get event: mask=a pid=11237 fd=4294967294 fanotify01 6 TPASS : get event: mask=8 pid=11237 fd=4294967294 fanotify01 7 TPASS : get event: mask=20 pid=11237 fd=11 fanotify01 8 TPASS : get event: mask=b pid=11237 fd=10 fanotify01 9 TPASS : get event: mask=9 pid=11237 fd=4294967294 fanotify01 10 TPASS : get event: mask=8 pid=11237 fd=4294967294 fanotify01 11 TPASS : get event: mask=2 pid=11237 fd=13 fanotify01 12 TPASS : get event: mask=8 pid=11237 fd=12 <<>> initiation_status="ok" duration=0 termination_type=exited termination_id=0 corefile=no cutime=0 cstime=0 <<>> <<>> tag=fanotify02 stime=1429706735 cmdline="fanotify02" contacts="" analysis=exit <<>> [ 4283.197601] i6300esb: Unexpected close, not stopping watchdog! [ 4283.200494] systemd-journald[117]: Received SIGTERM from PID 624 (watchdog). [ 4283.201894] systemd-journald[117]: systemd-journald stopped as pid 117 Thanks, Ying Huang