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--- a/util/getroot.c	2010-03-06 20:51:37.000000000 +0000
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+++ b/util/getroot.c	2010-05-28 18:23:19.892788564 +0100
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@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ grub_get_prefix (const char *dir)
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 static char *
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 find_root_device (const char *dir __attribute__ ((unused)),
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-                  dev_t dev __attribute__ ((unused)))
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+                  dev_t dev __attribute__ ((unused))
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+                  int depth __attribute__ ((unused)))
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 {
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   return 0;
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 }
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@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ find_root_device (const char *dir __attr
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 #elif ! defined(__CYGWIN__)
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 static char *
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-find_root_device (const char *dir, dev_t dev)
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+find_root_device (const char *dir, dev_t dev, int depth)
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 {
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   DIR *dp;
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   char *saved_cwd;
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@@ -222,16 +223,27 @@ find_root_device (const char *dir, dev_t
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 	/* Ignore any error.  */
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 	continue;
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-      if (S_ISLNK (st.st_mode))
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+      if (S_ISLNK (st.st_mode)) {
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+#ifdef __linux__
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+	/* If we're in /dev/mapper, follow symbolic links. */
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+	if (depth == 1 && strcmp(dir, "mapper") == 0) {
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+		if (stat(ent->d_name, &st) == -1)
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+		  continue;
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+		if (S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
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+		  continue;
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+	}
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+#else
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 	/* Don't follow symbolic links.  */
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 	continue;
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+#endif
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+      }
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       if (S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
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 	{
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 	  /* Find it recursively.  */
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 	  char *res;
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-	  res = find_root_device (ent->d_name, dev);
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+	  res = find_root_device (ent->d_name, dev, depth + 1);
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 	  if (res)
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 	    {
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@@ -454,7 +466,7 @@ grub_guess_root_device (const char *dir)
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 #else
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   /* This might be truly slow, but is there any better way?  */
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-  os_dev = find_root_device ("/dev", st.st_dev);
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+  os_dev = find_root_device ("/dev", st.st_dev, 0);
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 #endif
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 #endif /* !__GNU__ */
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