From 0de79775bfcc8ed32726072352d4c0f95ea6b539 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Morgner <felix.morgner@ost.ch>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:04:23 +0200
Subject: kernel/vfs: fix device node resolution

---
 kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.cpp | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.hpp |  1 +
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.cpp b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.cpp
index f4457dda..e1d539d8 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,30 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
     }
 
     auto [dentry, mount] = resolved_path.value();
+    auto inode = dentry->get_inode();
+
+    if (inode->is_device())
+    {
+      auto number = inode->raw_device();
+      if (!number)
+      {
+        return kstd::failure(vfs_errc::no_such_device);
+      }
+
+      auto type = inode->is_block_device() ? file_type::block : file_type::character;
+      auto resolved_device = device_number_registry::get().resolve(*number, type);
+      if (!resolved_device)
+      {
+        return kstd::failure(resolved_device.error());
+      }
+
+      auto device_dentry = kstd::make_shared<struct dentry>(
+          dentry->parent(), kstd::make_shared<device_inode>(*resolved_device, inode), dentry->name());
+
+      mount->increment_ref_count();
+      return device_dentry;
+    }
+
     mount->increment_ref_count();
     return dentry;
   }
@@ -351,6 +375,7 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
         }
 
         next_dentry = kstd::make_shared<dentry>(current_dentry, *found_inode, part);
+        current_dentry->add_child(next_dentry);
       }
       else if (next_dentry->has_flag(dentry::dentry_flags::is_mount_point))
       {
@@ -393,28 +418,7 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
         }
         continue;
       }
-      else if (next_dentry->get_inode()->is_device())
-      {
-        auto number = (next_dentry->get_inode())->raw_device();
-        if (!number)
-        {
-          return kstd::failure(vfs_errc::no_such_device);
-        }
-
-        // TODO: in the future we may need to support fifos, UNIX domain socket, etc. here
-        auto type = next_dentry->get_inode()->is_block_device() ? file_type::block : file_type::character;
-        auto resolved = device_number_registry::get().resolve(*number, type);
-        if (!resolved)
-        {
-          return kstd::failure(resolved.error());
-        }
-
-        next_dentry = kstd::make_shared<dentry>(
-            current_dentry,
-            kstd::shared_ptr<inode>(kstd::make_shared<device_inode>(*resolved, next_dentry->get_inode())), part);
-      }
 
-      current_dentry->add_child(next_dentry);
       current_dentry = next_dentry;
     }
     return std::pair{current_dentry, current_mount};
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.hpp b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.hpp
index 445952a0..1b8cf89a 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.hpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <kernel/filesystem/dentry.hpp>
 #include <kernel/filesystem/devfs/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <kernel/filesystem/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <kernel/filesystem/inode.hpp>
 #include <kernel/filesystem/mount.hpp>
 #include <kernel/filesystem/mount_table.hpp>
 #include <kernel/filesystem/vfs_types.hpp>
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