These retry loops are required where create_path() could race with delete_path(). But only the main udevd process writes to the queue, so no races will happen here. Signed-off-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- libudev/libudev-queue-private.c | 15 ++++----------- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/libudev/libudev-queue-private.c b/libudev/libudev-queue-private.c index 37de67a..6109837 100644 --- a/libudev/libudev-queue-private.c +++ b/libudev/libudev-queue-private.c @@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ static void update_failed(struct udev_queue_export *udev_queue_export, { struct udev *udev = udev_device_get_udev(udev_device); char filename[UTIL_PATH_SIZE]; - int err; if (state != DEVICE_FAILED && udev_queue_export->failed_count == 0) return; @@ -409,16 +408,10 @@ static void update_failed(struct udev_queue_export *udev_queue_export, case DEVICE_FAILED: /* record event in the failed directory */ udev_queue_export->failed_count++; - do { - err = util_create_path(udev, filename); - if (err != 0 && err != -ENOENT) - break; - udev_selinux_setfscreatecon(udev, filename, S_IFLNK); - err = symlink(udev_device_get_devpath(udev_device), filename); - if (err != 0) - err = -errno; - udev_selinux_resetfscreatecon(udev); - } while (err == -ENOENT); + util_create_path(udev, filename); + udev_selinux_setfscreatecon(udev, filename, S_IFLNK); + symlink(udev_device_get_devpath(udev_device), filename); + udev_selinux_resetfscreatecon(udev); break; case DEVICE_QUEUED: -- 1.5.6.5 -- 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