On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 11:47 AM Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> wrote:
>
> On 25.06.2020 17:45, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Jan Beulich writes ("[PATCH] scripts: don't rely on "stat -" support"):
> >> While commit b72682c602b8 ("scripts: Use stat to check lock claim")
> >> validly indicates that stat has gained support for the special "-"
> >> command line option in 2009, we should still try to avoid breaking being
> >> able to run on even older distros. As it has been determined, contary to
> >> the comment in the script using /dev/stdin (/proc/self/fd/$_lockfd) is
> >> fine here, as Linux specially treats these /proc inodes.
> >>
> >> Suggested-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jack...@citrix.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com>
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > The only code change here is this:
> >
> >> --- a/tools/hotplug/Linux/locking.sh
> >> +++ b/tools/hotplug/Linux/locking.sh
> >> @@ -45,18 +45,14 @@ claim_lock()
> >> - if stat=$( stat -L -c '%D.%i' - $_lockfile 0<&$_lockfd
> >> 2>/dev/null )
> >> + if stat=$( stat -L -c '%D.%i' /dev/stdin $_lockfile 0<&$_lockfd
> >> 2>/dev/null )
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jack...@eu.citrix.com>
> >
> > Has anyone executed this ?
>
> I have, of course, to confirm this fixes my issue. But I'm not sure
> that's what you've meant to ask - you may have wanted assurance
> that someone else has also tried it.
Tested-by: Jason Andryuk <jandr...@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Andryuk <jandr...@gmail.com>
