--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/nio/fs/AbstractWatchKey.java	Thu Jan 07 19:42:43 2010 -0800
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/nio/fs/AbstractWatchKey.java	Sat Jan 09 19:32:58 2010 +0000
@@ -88,26 +88,24 @@
     final void signalEvent(WatchEvent.Kind<?> kind, Object context) {
         synchronized (this) {
             int size = events.size();
-            if (size > 1) {
-                // don't let list get too big
-                if (size >= MAX_EVENT_LIST_SIZE) {
-                    kind = StandardWatchEventKind.OVERFLOW;
-                    context = null;
+            if (size > 0) {
+                // if the previous event is an OVERFLOW event or this is a
+                // repeated event then we simply increment the counter
+                WatchEvent<?> prev = events.get(size-1);
+                if ((prev.kind() == StandardWatchEventKind.OVERFLOW) ||
+                    ((kind == prev.kind() &&
+                     Objects.equals(context, prev.context()))))
+                {
+                    ((Event<?>)prev).increment();
+                    return;
                 }
 
-                // repeated event
-                WatchEvent<?> prev = events.get(size-1);
-                if (kind == prev.kind()) {
-                    boolean isRepeat;
-                    if (context == null) {
-                        isRepeat = (prev.context() == null);
-                    } else {
-                        isRepeat = context.equals(prev.context());
-                    }
-                    if (isRepeat) {
-                        ((Event<?>)prev).increment();
-                        return;
-                    }
+                // if the list has reached the limit then drop pending events
+                // and queue an OVERFLOW event
+                if (size >= MAX_EVENT_LIST_SIZE) {
+                    events.clear();
+                    kind = StandardWatchEventKind.OVERFLOW;
+                    context = null;
                 }
             }
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/nio/file/WatchService/OverflowEventIsLoner.java	Sat Jan 09 19:32:58 2010 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug 6907760
+ * @summary Check that the OVERFLOW event is not retrieved with other events
+ * @library ..
+ */
+
+import java.nio.file.*;
+import static java.nio.file.StandardWatchEventKind.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public class OverflowEventIsLoner {
+
+    static void drainEvents(WatchService watcher,
+                            WatchEvent.Kind<?> expectedKind,
+                            int count)
+        throws IOException, InterruptedException
+    {
+        // wait for key to be signalled - the timeout is long to allow for
+        // polling implementations
+        WatchKey key = watcher.poll(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        if (key != null && count == 0)
+            throw new RuntimeException("Key was signalled (unexpected)");
+        if (key == null && count > 0)
+            throw new RuntimeException("Key not signalled (unexpected)");
+
+        int nread = 0;
+        boolean gotOverflow = false;
+        do {
+            List<WatchEvent<?>> events = key.pollEvents();
+            for (WatchEvent<?> event: events) {
+                WatchEvent.Kind<?> kind = event.kind();
+                if (kind == expectedKind) {
+                    // expected event kind
+                    if (++nread > count)
+                        throw new RuntimeException("More events than expected!!");
+                } else if (kind == OVERFLOW) {
+                    // overflow event should not be retrieved with other events
+                    if (events.size() > 1)
+                        throw new RuntimeException("Overflow retrieved with other events");
+                    gotOverflow = true;
+                } else {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected event '" + kind + "'");
+                }
+            }
+            if (!key.reset())
+                throw new RuntimeException("Key is no longer valid");
+            key = watcher.poll(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        } while (key != null);
+
+        // check that all expected events were received or there was an overflow
+        if (nread < count && !gotOverflow)
+            throw new RuntimeException("Insufficient events");
+    }
+
+
+    static void test(Path dir) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        WatchService watcher = dir.getFileSystem().newWatchService();
+        try {
+            WatchKey key = dir.register(watcher, ENTRY_CREATE, ENTRY_DELETE);
+
+            // create a lot of files
+            int n = 1024;
+            Path[] files = new Path[n];
+            for (int i=0; i<n; i++) {
+                files[i] = dir.resolve("foo" + i).createFile();
+            }
+
+            // give time for events to accumulate (improve chance of overflow)
+            Thread.sleep(1000);
+
+            // check that we see the create events (or overflow)
+            drainEvents(watcher, ENTRY_CREATE, n);
+
+            // delete the files
+            for (int i=0; i<n; i++) {
+                files[i].delete();
+            }
+
+            // give time for events to accumulate (improve chance of overflow)
+            Thread.sleep(1000);
+
+            // check that we see the delete events (or overflow)
+            drainEvents(watcher, ENTRY_DELETE, n);
+        } finally {
+            watcher.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Path dir = TestUtil.createTemporaryDirectory();
+        try {
+            test(dir);
+        } finally {
+            TestUtil.removeAll(dir);
+        }
+    }
+}