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| author | Denis Vlasenko | 2008-10-19 19:54:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Denis Vlasenko | 2008-10-19 19:54:49 +0000 |
| commit | 802a7be54ffcf6e45808d72e2562456bba564028 (patch) | |
| tree | 010f2fb9085765270dd335650ee3c5ff0cba1f60 /util-linux/volume_id | |
| parent | 582dff051459b1394a48dec1f29a29e2442661a0 (diff) | |
| download | busybox-802a7be54ffcf6e45808d72e2562456bba564028.zip busybox-802a7be54ffcf6e45808d72e2562456bba564028.tar.gz | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | util-linux/volume_id/get_devname.c | 11 |
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diff --git a/util-linux/volume_id/get_devname.c b/util-linux/volume_id/get_devname.c index e99c15b..d82808f 100644 --- a/util-linux/volume_id/get_devname.c +++ b/util-linux/volume_id/get_devname.c @@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ uuidcache_init(void) if (uuidCache) return; + /* We were scanning /proc/partitions + * and /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info here. + * Missed volume managers. I see that "standard" blkid uses these: + * /dev/mapper/control + * /proc/devices + * /proc/evms/volumes + * /proc/lvm/VGs + * This is unacceptably complex. Let's just scan /dev. + * (Maybe add scanning of /sys/block/XXX/dev for devices + * somehow not having their /dev/XXX entries created?) */ + recursive_action("/dev", ACTION_RECURSE, uuidcache_check_device, /* file_action */ NULL, /* dir_action */ |