Fixing it like this:


const char *node_name;

node_name = device_name;
if (ENABLE_FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME && alias)
        node_name = alias = build_alias(alias, device_name);

if (!delete && major >= 0) {
        if (mknod(node_name, mode | type, makedev(major, minor)) && errno != EEXIST)
                bb_perror_msg_and_die("mknod %s", node_name);
        if (major == root_major && minor == root_minor)
                symlink(node_name, "root");
        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_MDEV_CONF) {
                chmod(node_name, mode);
                chown(node_name, ugid.uid, ugid.gid);
        }
        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME && alias) {
                if (aliaslink == '>')
                        symlink(node_name, device_name);
        }
}

if (ENABLE_FEATURE_MDEV_EXEC && command) {
        /* setenv will leak memory, use putenv/unsetenv/free */
        char *s = xasprintf("%s=%s", "MDEV", node_name);
-->        the main part of the fix is here  ^^^^^^^^^
        char *s1 = xasprintf("%s=%s", "SUBSYSTEM", subsystem);
        putenv(s);
        putenv(s1);
        if (system(command) == -1)
                bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't run '%s'", command);
        unsetenv("SUBSYSTEM");
        free(s1);
        unsetenv("MDEV");
        free(s);
        free(command);
}

if (delete) {
        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME && alias) {
                if (aliaslink == '>')
                        unlink(device_name);
        }
        unlink(node_name);
}

if (ENABLE_FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME)
        free(alias);

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(In reply to comment #1)
> Fixing it like this:
...

The dreaded mdev ;)  It is receiving too many changes, each quite significant (shuffles lines/changing identation etc).

(A side note, it's the ONLY alternative to much-more-dreaded udev, and this alternative is more or less sane, unlike it's counterpart).

So with the latest post-1.14 changes this is much easier and yes the fix seems to be working.  Thanks!