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| author | Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2008-07-06 17:00:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> | 2008-07-06 17:00:49 +0000 |
| commit | 67075bb95f23233c49628a624cc6ba86c3462dcb (patch) | |
| tree | 771476bfbe7866968764c3c02dc99086bf91c825 /util-linux | |
| parent | 58f59a25ee82dea19aeee082f52846244929a95e (diff) | |
| download | busybox-67075bb95f23233c49628a624cc6ba86c3462dcb.tar.gz | |
mdev: reinstate "follow symlinks" flag, this time with explanation
Diffstat (limited to 'util-linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | util-linux/mdev.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/mdev.c b/util-linux/mdev.c index 9c4938a70..a4c0520ac 100644 --- a/util-linux/mdev.c +++ b/util-linux/mdev.c @@ -420,14 +420,17 @@ int mdev_main(int argc, char **argv) root_major = major(st.st_dev); root_minor = minor(st.st_dev); + /* ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS is needed since in newer kernels + * /sys/block/loop* (for example) are symlinks to dirs, + * not real directories. + * (kernel's CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED makes them real dirs, + * but we can't enforce that on users) */ recursive_action("/sys/block", - ACTION_RECURSE /* no ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS! */, + ACTION_RECURSE | ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS, fileAction, dirAction, temp, 0); - recursive_action("/sys/class", - ACTION_RECURSE /* no ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS! */, + ACTION_RECURSE | ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS, fileAction, dirAction, temp, 0); - } else { /* Hotplug: * env ACTION=... DEVPATH=... mdev |