In PR #17431 we have introduced retry loop in link_update() in order to
maximize the chance that we end up with correct target when there are
multiple contenders for given symlink.
Number of iterations in retry loop is either 1 or
LINK_UPDATE_MAX_RETRIES, depending on the value of 'initialized' db
flag. When device appears for the first time we need to set the
flag before calling link_update() via update_devnode() for the second
time to make sure we run the second invocation with higher retry loop
counter.
if (r < 0)
return log_device_debug_errno(dev, r, "Failed to update database under /run/udev/data/: %m");
+ device_set_is_initialized(dev);
+
/* Yes, we run update_devnode() twice, because in the first invocation, that is before update of udev database,
* it could happen that two contenders are replacing each other's symlink. Hence we run it again to make sure
* symlinks point to devices that claim them with the highest priority. */
if (r < 0)
return r;
- device_set_is_initialized(dev);
-
return 0;
}