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-rw-r--r--disk-utils/mkswap.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkswap.c b/disk-utils/mkswap.c
index 1fd1f185b..6af1ff7bb 100644
--- a/disk-utils/mkswap.c
+++ b/disk-utils/mkswap.c
@@ -640,8 +640,16 @@ main(int argc, char ** argv) {
usage();
}
- DEV = open(device_name,O_RDWR);
- if (DEV < 0 || fstat(DEV, &statbuf) < 0) {
+ if (stat(device_name, &statbuf) < 0) {
+ perror(device_name);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ if (S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode))
+ DEV = open(device_name, O_RDWR | O_EXCL);
+ else
+ DEV = open(device_name, O_RDWR);
+
+ if (DEV < 0) {
perror(device_name);
exit(1);
}