[Bug 296082] sysutils/fluent-bit: tail input with inotify gets EINVAL registering file

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=296082

            Bug ID: 296082
           Summary: sysutils/fluent-bit: tail input with inotify gets
                    EINVAL registering file
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: girgen@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: dwhite-freebsd-bugs@gumbysoft.com
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(girgen@FreeBSD.org)
          Assignee: girgen@FreeBSD.org

fluent-bit with a tail input processor on FreeBSD 15 gets EINVAL when trying to
register the file to watch. Tried on 15.1-RELEASE. Not sure if this is a bug in
fluent-bit or in FreeBSD. inotify support in the base system is new in 15.
Originally installed from package, also tried building fluent-bit from ports,
same error.

Workaround is to disable inotify for the particular input stage via the
"inotify_watcher false" configuration directive.

A quick browse of the fluent-bit source didn't identify any obvious issues.
There are lots of sources of EINVAL.

Jun 15 22:31:28 xxx fluent[14664]: [2026/06/15 22:31:28.216] [error]
[/usr/ports/sysutils/fluent-bit/work/fluent-bit-5.0.7/plugins/in_tail/tail_fs_inotify.c:148
errno=22] Invalid argument
Jun 15 22:31:28 xxx fluent[14664]: [2026/06/15 22:31:28.216] [error]
[input:tail:tail.1] inode=116789954 cannot register file /var/log/anubis.log

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