Re: [PATCH] virtio-blk: Generate uevent after attribute available

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Fri Sep 02 2016 - 18:57:07 EST


On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 09:24:15AM +0800, Fam Zheng wrote:
> On Tue, 06/28 04:45, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 10:39:15AM +0800, Fam Zheng wrote:
> > > Userspace listens to the KOBJ_ADD uevent generated in add_disk. At that
> > > point we haven't created the serial attribute file, therefore depending
> > > on how fast udev reacts, the /dev/disk/by-id/ entry doesn't always get
> > > created.
> > >
> > > This race condition can be easily reproduced by hot plugging a number of
> > > virtio-blk disks.
> > >
> > > Also in systemd, there used to be a related workaround in udev rules
> > > called 'WAIT_FOR="serial"', but it is removed in later versions.
> > >
> > > Now let's generate a KOBJ_CHANGE event after the attributes are ready.
> >
> > The same race is present in other drivers as well, e.g. nvme. Please
> > find a way to make this work properly without needing to hack every
> > driver to send events manually.
>
> OK, I'll take a look today!
>
> Fam

Was this fixed in the generic code?

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