[Bug 1571301] [NEW] 'tail -f' reports "unrecognized file system" for Plexistor's M1FS

[Yigal]

Public bug reported:

Hi,
We (Plexistor Ltd.) are offering the first file-system to support persistent memory.
You can download the community edition from our website:
http://www.plexistor.com/download/
Our customers are reporting the issue mentioned in the title for our FS, this is a common output:

> $ tail -f file
> tail: unrecognized file system type 0x5346314d for ‘file’. please report this to bug-coreutils at gnu.org. reverting to polling

Our FS is local and supports inotify.

OS version (beta of 16.04):

Description:    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release:        16.04

We've got approval from the coreutils maintainers:
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23283
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8faf269250

Let me know if you prefer a pull request.

Thanks,
Yigal

** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  'tail -f' reports "unrecognized file system" for Plexistor's M1FS

Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,
  We (Plexistor Ltd.) are offering the first file-system to support persistent memory.
  You can download the community edition from our website:
  http://www.plexistor.com/download/
  Our customers are reporting the issue mentioned in the title for our FS, this is a common output:

  > $ tail -f file
  > tail: unrecognized file system type 0x5346314d for ‘file’. please report this to bug-coreutils at gnu.org. reverting to polling

  Our FS is local and supports inotify.

  OS version (beta of 16.04):

  Description:    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  Release:        16.04

  We've got approval from the coreutils maintainers:
  http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23283
  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8faf269250

  Let me know if you prefer a pull request.

  Thanks,
  Yigal

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