Re: [BUG] No ttyS0 - Strange udev 8250_pnp interaction

[Kay Sievers]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 22:06, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 21:46, Alan Jenkins
> <sourcejedi.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Udev would have avoided the race prior to
>>
>> 82c785e "udevd: remove check for dev_t, DEVPATH_OLD takes care of that"
>>
>> (the "check" removed here used to serialize events based on the device
>> major:minor number).
>>
>> So - udev probably needs to add the check back.
>
> What are the two devices with the same major/minor but a different DEVPATH?

To be more specific, Michael, can you please run "udevadm monitor" at
the same time you see this happen?

>> It might also be the case that future kernels could set DEVPATH_OLD as
>> suggested. ÂI don't know the gory details of 8250_pnp though.
>
> The DEVPATH_OLD is only added when one and the same device was renamed
> or moved, which isn't the case here, I guess?

Thanks,
Kay
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