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Denis Vlasenko 2008-10-19 19:54:49 +00:00
parent 582dff0514
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@ -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 */