If mkdir() of VHCI_STATE_PATH fails because the directory already exists, that's not an error. This patch fixes annoying "record connection" errors that would typically come up on attach. Signed-off-by: Ilija Hadzic <ihadzic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/src/usbip_attach.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/src/usbip_attach.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/src/usbip_attach.c index bdf61c0..2da4e44 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/src/usbip_attach.c +++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/src/usbip_attach.c @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ #include <fcntl.h> #include <getopt.h> #include <unistd.h> +#include <errno.h> #include "vhci_driver.h" #include "usbip_common.h" @@ -52,8 +53,18 @@ static int record_connection(char *host, char *port, char *busid, int rhport) int ret; ret = mkdir(VHCI_STATE_PATH, 0700); - if (ret < 0) - return -1; + if (ret < 0) { + /* if VHCI_STATE_PATH exists, then it better be a directory */ + if (errno == EEXIST) { + struct stat s; + ret = stat(VHCI_STATE_PATH, &s); + if (ret < 0) + return -1; + if (!(s.st_mode & S_IFDIR)) + return -1; + } else + return -1; + } snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, VHCI_STATE_PATH"/port%d", rhport); -- 1.7.12 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html