On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 21:46, Alan Jenkins <sourcejedi.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Udev would have avoided the race prior to > > 82c785e "udevd: remove check for dev_t, DEVPATH_OLD takes care of that" > > (the "check" removed here used to serialize events based on the device > major:minor number). > > So - udev probably needs to add the check back. What are the two devices with the same major/minor but a different DEVPATH? > It might also be the case that future kernels could set DEVPATH_OLD as > suggested. I don't know the gory details of 8250_pnp though. The DEVPATH_OLD is only added when one and the same device was renamed or moved, which isn't the case here, I guess? Kay -- 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