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-rw-r--r--lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c21
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
index e8c329ced..661f9b5f9 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
@@ -3920,10 +3920,29 @@ int
zvol_remove_link(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, const char *dataset)
{
zfs_cmd_t zc = { "\0", "\0", "\0", "\0", 0 };
+ int timeout = 3000; /* in milliseconds */
+ int error = 0;
+ int i;
(void) strlcpy(zc.zc_name, dataset, sizeof (zc.zc_name));
- if (ioctl(hdl->libzfs_fd, ZFS_IOC_REMOVE_MINOR, &zc) != 0) {
+ /*
+ * Due to concurrent updates by udev the device may be reported as
+ * busy. In this case don't immediately fail. Instead briefly delay
+ * and retry the ioctl() which is now likely to succeed. If unable
+ * remove the link after timeout milliseconds return the failure.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < timeout; i++) {
+ error = ioctl(hdl->libzfs_fd, ZFS_IOC_REMOVE_MINOR, &zc);
+ if (error && errno == EBUSY) {
+ usleep(1000);
+ continue;
+ } else {
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (error) {
switch (errno) {
case ENXIO:
/*