+
+/* Perform device name translation. Don't call this directly -
+ * use the IS_DEVICE macro.
+ *
+ * See guestfs(3) for the algorithm.
+ *
+ * We have to open the device and test for ENXIO, because
+ * the device nodes themselves will exist in the appliance.
+ */
+int
+device_name_translation (char *device, const char *func)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open (device, O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd >= 0) {
+ close (fd);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (errno != ENXIO && errno != ENOENT) {
+ error:
+ reply_with_perror ("%s: %s", func, device);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ /* If the name begins with "/dev/sd" then try the alternatives. */
+ if (strncmp (device, "/dev/sd", 7) != 0)
+ goto error;
+
+ device[5] = 'h'; /* /dev/hd (old IDE driver) */
+ fd = open (device, O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd >= 0) {
+ close (fd);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ device[5] = 'v'; /* /dev/vd (for virtio devices) */
+ fd = open (device, O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd >= 0) {
+ close (fd);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ device[5] = 's'; /* Restore original device name. */
+ goto error;
+}
+
+/* LVM and other commands aren't synchronous, especially when udev is
+ * involved. eg. You can create or remove some device, but the /dev
+ * device node won't appear until some time later. This means that
+ * you get an error if you run one command followed by another.
+ * Use 'udevadm settle' after certain commands, but don't be too
+ * fussed if it fails.
+ */
+void
+udev_settle (void)
+{
+ command (NULL, NULL, "/sbin/udevadm", "settle", NULL);
+}