Unfortunately the linux rmdir implementation unhashes the dentry even when the directory is not removed. This is apparently by design (for filesystems that don't allow deleting open files). Results from time(1) and oprofile follow. Before: 0.35user 0.90system samples % image name symbol name 608 9.6738 vmlinux shrink_dcache_parent 293 4.6619 vmlinux copy_page_c 271 4.3119 vmlinux copy_page_range 257 4.0891 udevd udev_rules_iter_next After: 0.31user 0.67system samples % image name symbol name 361 5.0419 vmlinux copy_page_range 322 4.4972 udevd udev_rules_iter_next 300 4.1899 vmlinux copy_page_c Signed-off-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/udev/udevd.c b/udev/udevd.c index 576f9e8..4b0c2e8 100644 --- a/udev/udevd.c +++ b/udev/udevd.c @@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ static void export_event_state(struct udev_event *event, enum event_state state) switch (state) { case EVENT_QUEUED: - unlink(filename_failed); - delete_path(event->udev, filename_failed); + if(unlink(filename_failed) == 0) + delete_path(event->udev, filename_failed); create_path(event->udev, filename); udev_selinux_setfscreatecon(event->udev, filename, S_IFLNK); symlink(udev_device_get_devpath(event->dev), filename); @@ -131,12 +131,15 @@ static void export_event_state(struct udev_event *event, enum event_state state) info(event->udev, "renamed devpath, moved failed state of '%s' to %s'\n", udev_device_get_devpath_old(event->dev), udev_device_get_devpath(event->dev)); } else { - unlink(filename_failed); - delete_path(event->udev, filename_failed); + if (unlink(filename_failed) == 0) + delete_path(event->udev, filename_failed); } unlink(filename); - delete_path(event->udev, filename); + + /* clean up possibly empty queue directory */ + if (udev_list_is_empty(&exec_list) && udev_list_is_empty(&running_list)) + delete_path(event->udev, filename); break; case EVENT_FAILED: /* move failed event to the failed directory */ @@ -144,7 +147,8 @@ static void export_event_state(struct udev_event *event, enum event_state state) rename(filename, filename_failed); /* clean up possibly empty queue directory */ - delete_path(event->udev, filename); + if (udev_list_is_empty(&exec_list) && udev_list_is_empty(&running_list)) + delete_path(event->udev, filename); break; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html