use the event udev_device to disable the watch on "remove"

configure.ac

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test "$prefix" = NONE && test "$exec_prefix" = NONE && exec_prefix=
 
 dnl /* libudev version */
 LIBUDEV_LT_CURRENT=0
-LIBUDEV_LT_REVISION=8
+LIBUDEV_LT_REVISION=9
 LIBUDEV_LT_AGE=0
 AC_SUBST(LIBUDEV_LT_CURRENT)
 AC_SUBST(LIBUDEV_LT_REVISION)

udev/udev-event.c

@@ -550,6 +550,16 @@ int udev_event_execute_rules(struct udev_event *event, struct udev_rules *rules)
 
 		dbg(event->udev, "device node add '%s'\n", udev_device_get_devpath(dev));
 
+		/* read old database entry */
+		dev_old = udev_device_new_from_syspath(event->udev, udev_device_get_syspath(dev));
+		if (dev_old != NULL) {
+			udev_device_read_db(dev_old);
+			udev_device_set_info_loaded(dev_old);
+
+			/* disable watch during event processing */
+			udev_watch_end(event->udev, dev_old);
+		}
+
 		udev_rules_apply_to_event(rules, event);
 		if (event->tmp_node != NULL) {
 			dbg(event->udev, "removing temporary device node\n");
@@ -560,12 +570,12 @@ int udev_event_execute_rules(struct udev_event *event, struct udev_rules *rules)
 
 		if (event->ignore_device) {
 			info(event->udev, "device event will be ignored\n");
-			goto exit;
+			goto exit_add;
 		}
 
 		if (event->name != NULL && event->name[0] == '\0') {
 			info(event->udev, "device node creation supressed\n");
-			goto exit;
+			goto exit_add;
 		}
 
 		if (event->name == NULL) {
@@ -573,7 +583,7 @@ int udev_event_execute_rules(struct udev_event *event, struct udev_rules *rules)
 			     udev_device_get_sysname(event->dev));
 			event->name = strdup(udev_device_get_sysname(event->dev));
 			if (event->name == NULL)
-				goto exit;
+				goto exit_add;
 		}
 
 		/* set device node name */
@@ -582,24 +592,17 @@ int udev_event_execute_rules(struct udev_event *event, struct udev_rules *rules)
 		util_strlcat(filename, event->name, sizeof(filename));
 		udev_device_set_devnode(dev, filename);
 
-		/* read old database entry */
-		dev_old = udev_device_new_from_syspath(event->udev, udev_device_get_syspath(dev));
-		if (dev_old != NULL) {
-			udev_device_read_db(dev_old);
-			udev_device_set_info_loaded(dev_old);
-		}
-
 		/* write current database entry */
 		udev_device_update_db(dev);
 
 		/* remove/update possible left-over symlinks from old database entry */
-		if (dev_old != NULL) {
+		if (dev_old != NULL)
 			udev_node_update_old_links(dev, dev_old);
-			udev_device_unref(dev_old);
-		}
 
 		/* create new node and symlinks */
 		err = udev_node_add(dev, event->mode, event->uid, event->gid);
+exit_add:
+		udev_device_unref(dev_old);
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
@@ -651,6 +654,9 @@ int udev_event_execute_rules(struct udev_event *event, struct udev_rules *rules)
 		udev_device_set_info_loaded(dev);
 		udev_device_delete_db(dev);
 
+		/* remove watch */
+		udev_watch_end(event->udev, dev);
+
 		if (udev_device_get_devnode(dev) == NULL) {
 			char devnode[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
 

udev/udev-watch.c

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void udev_watch_begin(struct udev *udev, struct udev_device *dev)
 	char filename[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
 	int wd;
 
-	if (inotify_fd < 0 || major(udev_device_get_devnum(dev)) == 0)
+	if (inotify_fd < 0)
 		return;
 
 	info(udev, "adding watch on '%s'\n", udev_device_get_devnode(dev));
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ void udev_watch_begin(struct udev *udev, struct udev_device *dev)
 	symlink(udev_device_get_syspath(dev), filename);
 
 	udev_device_set_watch_handle(dev, wd);
-	udev_device_update_db(dev);
 }
 
 void udev_watch_end(struct udev *udev, struct udev_device *dev)
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ void udev_watch_end(struct udev *udev, struct udev_device *dev)
 	int wd;
 	char filename[UTIL_PATH_SIZE];
 
-	if (inotify_fd < 0 || major(udev_device_get_devnum(dev)) == 0)
+	if (inotify_fd < 0)
 		return;
 
 	wd = udev_device_get_watch_handle(dev);
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ void udev_watch_end(struct udev *udev, struct udev_device *dev)
 	unlink(filename);
 
 	udev_device_set_watch_handle(dev, -1);
-	udev_device_update_db(dev);
 }
 
 struct udev_device *udev_watch_lookup(struct udev *udev, int wd)

udev/udevd.c

@@ -215,17 +215,6 @@ static void event_fork(struct udev_event *event)
 		/* set timeout to prevent hanging processes */
 		alarm(UDEV_EVENT_TIMEOUT);
 
-		/* clear any existing udev watch on the node */
-		if (inotify_fd != -1) {
-			struct udev_device *dev_old;
-
-			dev_old = udev_device_new_from_syspath(event->udev, udev_device_get_syspath(event->dev));
-			if (dev_old != NULL) {
-				udev_watch_end(event->udev, dev_old);
-				udev_device_unref(dev_old);
-			}
-		}
-
 		/* apply rules, create node, symlinks */
 		err = udev_event_execute_rules(event, rules);
 
@@ -238,9 +227,10 @@ static void event_fork(struct udev_event *event)
 			udev_event_execute_run(event);
 
 		/* apply/restore inotify watch */
-		if (err == 0 && event->inotify_watch &&
+		if (err == 0 && event->inotify_watch) {
-		    strcmp(udev_device_get_action(event->dev), "remove") != 0)
 			udev_watch_begin(event->udev, event->dev);
+			udev_device_update_db(event->dev);
+		}
 
 		info(event->udev, "seq %llu exit with %i\n", udev_device_get_seqnum(event->dev), err);
 		logging_close();