From 97853b4f40708d2fdcde3da7e78138c683d9d66b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "greg@kroah.com" Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 23:31:06 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] unlink the file before we try to create it. Based on the patch in the Gentoo repo. --- udev-add.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/udev-add.c b/udev-add.c index 19196bec54..776b542f08 100644 --- a/udev-add.c +++ b/udev-add.c @@ -166,9 +166,26 @@ static void set_to_local_user(char *user) endutent(); } -static int create_node(struct udevice *dev, int fake) +/* Used to unlink existing files to ensure that our new file/symlink is created */ +static int unlink_entry(char *filename) { struct stat stats; + int retval = 0; + + if (lstat(filename, &stats) == 0) { + if ((stats.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFDIR) { + retval = unlink(filename); + if (retval) { + dbg("unlink(%s) failed with error '%s', " + filename, strerror(errno)); + } + } + } + return retval; +} + +static int create_node(struct udevice *dev, int fake) +{ char filename[255]; char linktarget[255]; char partitionname[255]; @@ -235,6 +252,7 @@ static int create_node(struct udevice *dev, int fake) } if (!fake) { + unlink_entry(filename); info("creating device node '%s'", filename); make_node(filename, dev->major, dev->minor, dev->mode, uid, gid); } else { @@ -250,6 +268,7 @@ static int create_node(struct udevice *dev, int fake) for (i = 1; i <= dev->partitions; i++) { strfieldcpy(partitionname, filename); strintcat(partitionname, i); + unlink_entry(partitionname); make_node(partitionname, dev->major, dev->minor + i, dev->mode, uid, gid); } @@ -291,14 +310,8 @@ static int create_node(struct udevice *dev, int fake) strfieldcat(linktarget, &dev->name[tail]); - /* unlink existing files to ensure that our symlink is created */ - if (!fake && (lstat(filename, &stats) == 0)) { - if ((stats.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFDIR) { - if (unlink(filename)) - dbg("unlink(%s) failed with error '%s'", - filename, strerror(errno)); - } - } + if (!fake) + unlink_entry(filename); dbg("symlink(%s, %s)", linktarget, filename); if (!fake) { -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf