+ break;
+
+ /* export the tags to a directory as symlinks, allowing otherwise dead nodes to be tagged */
+ if (tags) {
+ STRV_FOREACH(t, tags) {
+ _cleanup_free_ char *unescaped_filename = NULL;
+
+ strscpyl(tags_dir, sizeof(tags_dir), "/run/udev/static_node-tags/", *t, "/", NULL);
+ r = mkdir_p(tags_dir, 0755);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return log_error_errno(r, "failed to create %s: %m", tags_dir);
+
+ unescaped_filename = xescape(rules_str(rules, cur->key.value_off), "/.");
+
+ strscpyl(tag_symlink, sizeof(tag_symlink), tags_dir, unescaped_filename, NULL);
+ r = symlink(device_node, tag_symlink);
+ if (r < 0 && errno != EEXIST)
+ return log_error_errno(errno, "failed to create symlink %s -> %s: %m",
+ tag_symlink, device_node);
+ else
+ r = 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* don't touch the permissions if only the tags were set */
+ if (mode == 0 && uid == 0 && gid == 0)
+ break;
+