Make dev_used_by_environment follow symbolic links before checking to see if a device should be excluded. This assumes that the paths in /run/aif/ignore_block_devices are fully resolved. Signed-off-by: Thomas Hebb <tommyhebb@gmail.com> --- src/core/libs/lib-blockdevices-filesystems.sh | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/core/libs/lib-blockdevices-filesystems.sh b/src/core/libs/lib-blockdevices-filesystems.sh index 5ceb3e5..4312143 100644 --- a/src/core/libs/lib-blockdevices-filesystems.sh +++ b/src/core/libs/lib-blockdevices-filesystems.sh @@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ find_usable_blockdevices() { # most likely this is just some loop files, some /dev/mapper/arch_* files and maybe /dev/sr0 # but in theory, could be anything dev_used_by_environment () { - local dev=$1 + # first resolve any symlinks that may exist + local dev=$(readlink -f "$1") grep -q "^$dev$" /run/aif/ignore_block_devices 2>/dev/null } -- 1.7.10.2