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Enable kernel debug tracing

echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on

Enable tracing of all inotify syscalls

for i in `ls /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls | grep inotify`; do echo 1 >| /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/$i/enable; done;

Check trace output

cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
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