mkfs: avoid blockdev failing to re-read partition table #275
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Invoking
blockdev --rereadpt
straight after creating the file system might fail with:This is caused by udev kicking in and causing a race condition. Let's invoke udevadm settle (which watches the udev event queue, and exits if all current events are handled), and then retry
blockdev --rereadpt ...
up to 30 times/seconds.Thanks: Darshaka Pathirana for bug report and initial investigation, and Chris Hofstaedtler for feedback
Closes: #273