.gitignore

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /hid/hid
 /hnc/hnc
 /hpcu/hpcu
-/hswg/hswg
 /ht/ht
 /prototypes/tls-autodetect
 /prototypes/xgb-draw

hswg/main.go

@@ -334,15 +334,6 @@ func dispatchEvents(dirname string, r io.Reader, ch chan<- *watchEvent) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		base := make([]byte, e.Len)
-		if e.Len != 0 {
-			if n, err := r.Read(base); err != nil {
-				return err
-			} else if n < int(e.Len) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("short read")
-			}
-		}
-
 		switch {
 		case e.Mask&syscall.IN_IGNORED != 0:
 			return fmt.Errorf("watch removed by kernel")
@@ -354,6 +345,13 @@ func dispatchEvents(dirname string, r io.Reader, ch chan<- *watchEvent) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		base := make([]byte, e.Len)
+		if n, err := r.Read(base); err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else if n < int(e.Len) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("short read")
+		}
+
 		basename, interesting := string(base[:bytes.IndexByte(base, 0)]), false
 		for _, glob := range globs {
 			if matches, _ := filepath.Match(glob, basename); matches {