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Diffstat (limited to 'rootdev.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | rootdev.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ void rootdev_get_device_slave(char *slave, size_t size, dev_t *dev, * @path: char array to store the path * @size: size of @devpath * @device: name of the device - * @dev: optional expected dev_t of the node. * @dev_path: path to dev tree. NULL for default (/dev) * * A @dev of 0 is ignored. @@ -79,16 +78,14 @@ void rootdev_get_device_slave(char *slave, size_t size, dev_t *dev, * @path is populated for all return codes. * Returns 0 on success and non-zero on error: * -1 on unexpected errors (@path may be invalid) - * 1 on no existing @path - * 2 @path exists but the dev_t value is mismatched. * * Nb, this function does NOT search /dev for a match. It performs a normal - * string concatenation and probes for the existence. If udev has moved, - * or otherwise renamed, the device, a positive value is returned. - * The caller may then use the dev_t and @path to create the node with - * mknod(2). + * string concatenation. + * We can't check if the device actually exists as vendors may create an + * SELinux context we don't know about for it (in which case, this function + * would always fail). */ -int rootdev_get_path(char *path, size_t size, const char *device, dev_t dev, +int rootdev_get_path(char *path, size_t size, const char *device, const char *dev_path); const char *rootdev_get_partition(const char *dst, size_t len); |