[OE-core] [PATCH 20/20] udev: don't halt if devtmpfs can't be mounted

[Martin Jansa]

On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 01:41:12PM -0500, Ben Shelton wrote:
> From: Richard Tollerton <rich.tollerton at ni.com>
> 
> Halting if udev cannot start is problematic for a couple reasons.
> - Compared to a reboot loop, halting is much more difficult to recover
>   from in remote deployments.
> - If the rootfs has a prepopulated /dev (which happens somewhat often),
>   the system may be able to boot up just fine, or at least fine enough
>   for the administrator to log in and fix things.
> 
> Instead of halting, just exit, and let the administrator deal with the
> potential reboot loop.
> 
> Natinst-Rally-ID: TA44427
> Acked-by: Gratian Crisan <gratian.crisan at ni.com>
> Acked-by: Scot Salmon <scot.salmon at ni.com>
> Natinst-ReviewBoard-ID: 58623
> Signed-off-by: Richard Tollerton <rich.tollerton at ni.com>
> ---
>  meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init
> index 6caf7d5..f6a8391 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init
> @@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ case "$1" in
>      if ! grep -q devtmpfs /proc/filesystems
>      then
>          echo "Missing devtmpfs, which is required for udev to run";
> -        echo "Halting..."
> -        halt
> +	exit 1

Please use spaces for indentation like previous lines.

>      fi
>      # mount the devtmpfs on /dev, if not already done
>      LANG=C awk '$2 == "/dev" && ($3 == "devtmpfs") { exit 1 }' /proc/mounts && {
> -- 
> 2.0.4
> 
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