4 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-internal.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-internal.h
index 59ec1a6d73..b96441de56 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-internal.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-internal.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ int device_new_aux(sd_device **ret);
 int device_add_property_aux(sd_device *device, const char *key, const char *value, bool db);
 int device_add_property_internal(sd_device *device, const char *key, const char *value);
 int device_read_uevent_file(sd_device *device);
+int device_read_db_aux(sd_device *device, bool force);
 
 int device_set_syspath(sd_device *device, const char *_syspath, bool verify);
 int device_set_ifindex(sd_device *device, const char *ifindex);
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c
index 9788df769c..3cadedbf4a 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c
@@ -1100,3 +1100,9 @@ int device_delete_db(sd_device *device) {
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+int device_read_db_force(sd_device *device) {
+        assert(device);
+
+        return device_read_db_aux(device, true);
+}
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h
index f25248150e..49a7b66a2b 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h
@@ -61,3 +61,4 @@ int device_new_from_synthetic_event(sd_device **new_device, const char *syspath,
 int device_tag_index(sd_device *dev, sd_device *dev_old, bool add);
 int device_update_db(sd_device *device);
 int device_delete_db(sd_device *device);
+int device_read_db_force(sd_device *device);
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
index 7a7b323f3c..fd4622987c 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ int device_get_id_filename(sd_device *device, const char **ret) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int device_read_db(sd_device *device) {
+int device_read_db_aux(sd_device *device, bool force) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *db = NULL;
         char *path;
         const char *id, *value;
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ static int device_read_db(sd_device *device) {
                 INVALID_LINE,
         } state = PRE_KEY;
 
-        if (device->db_loaded || device->sealed)
+        if (device->db_loaded || (!force && device->sealed))
                 return 0;
 
         r = device_get_id_filename(device, &id);
@@ -1313,6 +1313,10 @@ static int device_read_db(sd_device *device) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+static int device_read_db(sd_device *device) {
+        return device_read_db_aux(device, false);
+}
+
 _public_ int sd_device_get_is_initialized(sd_device *device, int *initialized) {
         int r;