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-rw-r--r--udev/udev-rules.c7
-rw-r--r--udev/udev.xml6
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/udev/udev-rules.c b/udev/udev-rules.c
index 665ad71e80..f6cc45ba75 100644
--- a/udev/udev-rules.c
+++ b/udev/udev-rules.c
@@ -1808,11 +1808,10 @@ static int match_attr(struct udev_rules *rules, struct udev_device *dev, struct
const char *val;
val = udev_device_get_sysattr_value(dev, key_name);
- if (val != NULL)
- util_strlcpy(value, val, sizeof(value));
+ if (val == NULL)
+ return -1;
+ util_strlcpy(value, val, sizeof(value));
}
- if (value[0] == '\0')
- return -1;
/* strip trailing whitespace of value, if not asked to match for it */
len = strlen(key_value);
diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml
index c4e99f1ad5..ccc1f45e4c 100644
--- a/udev/udev.xml
+++ b/udev/udev.xml
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Match sysfs attribute values of the event device. Trailing
whitespace in the attribute values is ignored, if the specified match
- value does not contain trailing whitespace itself. Depending on the type
- of operator, this key is also used to set the value of a sysfs attribute.
+ value does not contain trailing whitespace itself.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -318,8 +317,7 @@
<term><option>ATTR{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The value that should be written to a sysfs attribute of the
- event device. Depending on the type of operator, this key is also
- used to match against the value of a sysfs attribute.</para>
+ event device.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>