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-rw-r--r--udev/udev-rules.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/udev/udev-rules.c b/udev/udev-rules.c
index 53baa187e6..3ca209a891 100644
--- a/udev/udev-rules.c
+++ b/udev/udev-rules.c
@@ -1406,6 +1406,9 @@ static int add_rule(struct udev_rules *rules, char *line,
} else {
if (value[0] == '\0')
info(rules->udev, "name empty, node creation suppressed\n");
+ else if (strcmp(value, "%k") == 0)
+ err(rules->udev, "NAME=\"%%k\" is superfluous and breaks "
+ "kernel supplied names, please remove it from %s:%u\n", filename, lineno);
rule_add_key(&rule_tmp, TK_A_NAME, op, value, NULL);
attr = get_key_attribute(rules->udev, key + sizeof("NAME")-1);
if (attr != NULL) {