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-rw-r--r--util-linux/mdev.c16
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/mdev.c b/util-linux/mdev.c
index 7c1223dcb..b6ca00409 100644
--- a/util-linux/mdev.c
+++ b/util-linux/mdev.c
@@ -37,18 +37,19 @@ static void make_device(char *path, int delete)
* because sscanf() will stop at the first nondigit, which \n is. We
* also depend on path having writeable space after it. */
- strcat(path, "/dev");
- fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
- len = read(fd, temp + 1, 64);
- *temp++ = 0;
- close(fd);
- if (len < 1) return;
+ if (!delete) {
+ strcat(path, "/dev");
+ fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+ len = read(fd, temp + 1, 64);
+ *temp++ = 0;
+ close(fd);
+ if (len < 1) return;
+ }
/* Determine device name, type, major and minor */
device_name = strrchr(path, '/') + 1;
type = path[5]=='c' ? S_IFCHR : S_IFBLK;
- if (sscanf(temp, "%d:%d", &major, &minor) != 2) return;
/* If we have a config file, look up permissions for this device */
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ static void make_device(char *path, int delete)
umask(0);
if (!delete) {
+ if (sscanf(temp, "%d:%d", &major, &minor) != 2) return;
if (mknod(device_name, mode | type, makedev(major, minor)) && errno != EEXIST)
bb_perror_msg_and_die("mknod %s failed", device_name);