I see messages like "udev[pid]: inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/..., 10) failed: No space left on device"

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Issue

I see messages like the following when booting:

udev[pid]: inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/..., 10) failed: No space left on device

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, minor release <6.6
  • UDEV
  • many SAN luns

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