fs-watch-recursive-delete-race consistently failing on AIX

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parallel.test-fs-watch-recursive-delete-race

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AIX

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---
duration_ms: 469.499
exitcode: 1
severity: fail
stack: |-
  node:internal/fs/recursive_watch:287
          throw error;
          ^

  Error: ENODEV: no such device, watch '/home/iojs/build/.tmp.1968/parent/child/test.tmp'
      at FSWatcher.<computed> (node:internal/fs/watchers:323:19)
      at watch (node:fs:3156:36)
      at fs.watch (/home/iojs/build/workspace/node-test-commit-aix/nodes/aix72-power9/test/parallel/test-fs-watch-recursive-delete-race.js:25:27)
      at #watch (node:internal/fs/recursive_watch:142:17)
      at #addEntry (node:internal/fs/recursive_watch:194:18)
      at #scanFolder (node:internal/fs/recursive_watch:175:23)
      at #addEntry (node:internal/fs/recursive_watch:192:23)
      at #scanFolder (node:internal/fs/recursive_watch:175:23)
      at [kFSWatchStart] (node:internal/fs/recursive_watch:279:25)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/iojs/build/workspace/node-test-commit-aix/nodes/aix72-power9/test/parallel/test-fs-watch-recursive-delete-race.js:39:25) {
    errno: -19,
    syscall: 'watch',
    code: 'ENODEV',
    path: '/home/iojs/build/.tmp.1968/parent/child/test.tmp',
    filename: '/home/iojs/build/.tmp.1968/parent'
  }

  Node.js v27.0.0-pre

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#65683 (comment)

test: skip `fs-watch-recursive-delete-race` on AIX

fs: handle recursive watch setup races

test: skip `fs-watch-recursive-delete-race` on AIX

fs: handle recursive watch setup races

Hmmm this is not failing outside jenkins with the latest nightly:

$ hostname
test-ibm-aix72-ppc64-be-1
$ /home/iojs/sxa/node-v27.0.0-nightly202608315947a91327-aix-ppc64/bin/node --expose-internals test/parallel/test-fs-watch-recursive-delete-race.js
$

Hmmm this is not failing outside jenkins with the latest nightly:

$ hostname
test-ibm-aix72-ppc64-be-1
$ /home/iojs/sxa/node-v27.0.0-nightly202608315947a91327-aix-ppc64/bin/node --expose-internals test/parallel/test-fs-watch-recursive-delete-race.js
$

nightly202608315947a91327 was built from 5947a91 at 05:37 UTC. It predates and contains neither:

971cc1c — 07:05 UTC
2ec0f9a — 13:07 UTC

2ec0f9a — 13:07 UTC

Yeah a revert of that one seems to fix it. Odd that it didn't show up in CI but I guess as you suggested elsewhere it's probably a combination of two separate PRs

fs: handle recursive watch setup races

test: skip `fs-watch-recursive-delete-race` on AIX

fs: handle recursive watch setup races

test: skip `fs-watch-recursive-delete-race` on AIX

fs: handle recursive watch setup races

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