Bug 288669 – sys-fs/udev-146-r1 dead links in /dev/.udev/watch, /dev/.udev/db

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Jochen Schlick 2009-10-12 01:39:39 UTC]

during doing some cleanup I found a lot of broken symlinks in the two directories.

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 68 Oct 12 01:19 /dev/.udev/watch/60 -> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 73 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/watch/59 -> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 73 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/58 -> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 73 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/57 -> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 73 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/56 -> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 73 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/55 -> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 73 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/53 -> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/51 -> /devices/virtual/block/loop11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/50 -> /devices/virtual/block/loop19
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/49 -> /devices/virtual/block/ram15
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/48 -> /devices/virtual/block/loop13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/47 -> /devices/virtual/block/ram9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/46 -> /devices/virtual/block/loop28
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/45 -> /devices/virtual/block/ram12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/44 -> /devices/virtual/block/ram13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/43 -> /devices/virtual/block/loop18
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/42 -> /devices/virtual/block/ram11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/41 -> /devices/virtual/block/loop14
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/40 -> /devices/virtual/block/ram0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/39 -> /devices/virtual/block/ram10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Oct 10 22:16 /dev/.udev/watch/38 -> /devices/virtual/block/ram14
lr
.....

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fmisc\x2ffuse -> fuse char/10:229
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fsound\x2fsequencer2 -> sequencer2 char/14:8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fsound\x2fsequencer -> sequencer char/14:1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fsound\x2fseq -> snd/seq char/116:1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fpci0000:00\x2f0000:00:1b.0\x2fsound\x2fcard0\x2fadsp -> adsp char/14:12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fpci0000:00\x2f0000:00:1b.0\x2fsound\x2fcard0\x2faudio -> audio char/14:4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fpci0000:00\x2f0000:00:1b.0\x2fsound\x2fcard0\x2fdsp -> dsp char/14:3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fpci0000:00\x2f0000:00:1b.0\x2fsound\x2fcard0\x2fmixer -> mixer char/14:0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fvc\x2fvcsa12 -> vcsa12 char/7:140
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fvc\x2fvcs12 -> vcs12 char/7:12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fvc\x2fvcsa11 -> vcsa11 char/7:139
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fvc\x2fvcs11 -> vcs11 char/7:11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fvc\x2fvcsa10 -> vcsa10 char/7:138
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fvc\x2fvcs10 -> vcs10 char/7:10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fvc\x2fvcsa9 -> vcsa9 char/7:137
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 10 20:19 /dev/.udev/db/\x2fdevices\x2fvirtual\x2fvc\x2fvcs9 -> vcs9 char/7:9
....

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Matthias Schwarzott 2009-10-13 00:19:25 UTC]

Well, from a user point of view they are broken symlinks.
But: udev just uses the target of the links to store the content of its database.
Use "udevadm info -e" to view the contents.