We do no longer delete the primary device node while handling "remove"
events if the same kernel device is already re-created in the meantime.
This prevents the asynchronously running udev from removing and re-creating
primary device nodes for active devices.
const char *devnode;
char partitionname[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
struct stat stats;
const char *devnode;
char partitionname[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
struct stat stats;
+ struct udev_device *dev_check;
- /* remove,update symlinks, remove symlinks from name index */
+ /* remove/update symlinks, remove symlinks from name index */
udev_list_entry_foreach(list_entry, udev_device_get_devlinks_list_entry(dev))
link_update(dev, udev_list_entry_get_name(list_entry), 0);
udev_list_entry_foreach(list_entry, udev_device_get_devlinks_list_entry(dev))
link_update(dev, udev_list_entry_get_name(list_entry), 0);
- info(udev, "removing device node '%s'\n", devnode);
- err = util_unlink_secure(udev, devnode);
- if (err)
- return err;
+ dev_check = udev_device_new_from_syspath(udev, udev_device_get_syspath(dev));
+ if (dev_check != NULL && stats.st_rdev == udev_device_get_devnum(dev_check)) {
+ /* do not remove device node if the same sys-device is re-created in the meantime */
+ info(udev, "keeping device node '%s'\n", devnode);
+ } else {
+ info(udev, "removing device node '%s'\n", devnode);
+ err = util_unlink_secure(udev, devnode);
+ }
+ udev_device_unref(dev_check);
num = udev_device_get_num_fake_partitions(dev);
if (num > 0) {
num = udev_device_get_num_fake_partitions(dev);
if (num > 0) {