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> This is done with rule like:
>
> SUBSYSTEM=="block", ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", \
> PROGRAM="/lib/udev/udev_cdrom_helper", SYMLINK+="%c"
>
> This helper tries to get the next free %d index to create cdrom%d, for
> example.
> The problem is that the launch of both helpers for hda and add seems to be
> done in parallel and the helper gets racy, so both cdroms get id 0, and the
> last that comes owns it:
>
> helper instance for hda helper instance for hdd
> Does cdrom0 exist ? No
> Does cdrom0 exist ? No
> ln -sf hda cdrom0
> ln -sf hdd cdrom0
>
> ????
>
Do you have real example of race condition?
> Is there any way to serialize the calls to 'PROGRAM'. I tried something
> like:
>
> SUBSYSTEM=="block", ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*",
> PROGRAM="/usr/bin/flock /sys/block /lib/udev/udev_cdrom_helper",
> SYMLINK+="%c"
>
> But looks a lot ugly.
>
Why? It is probably the simplest fix actually (assuming sysfs does support
locking, I am not sure).
> Any standard way to do this ?
I never liked this automatic creation of symlinks, I believe this has to be
done as part of device configuration (harddrake on distro you likely mean :)
> Can I still use %e, or is it really really deprecated ? this was easy:
>
> ENV{ID_CDROM_CD_RW}=="?*", SYMLINK+="burner%e", MODE="0666",
> GROUP="cdwriter" ENV{ID_CDROM_DVD_R}=="?*", SYMLINK+="burner%e",
> MODE="0666", GROUP="cdwriter"
Yes it is deprecated exactly for the same reason. What ensures uniqueness of
%e?
regards
- -andrey
PS I believe it is more appropriate for distro-specific list actually.
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