From d1fc653ddcf9c07f69261d4ccf74d653da88458e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Morgner <felix.morgner@ost.ch>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:53:22 +0200
Subject: kernel/devfs: always perform a full repopulation

---
 kernel/kernel/filesystem/device_number_registry.cpp | 9 +--------
 kernel/kernel/filesystem/device_number_registry.hpp | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/device_number_registry.cpp b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/device_number_registry.cpp
index 41520b50..c3b576a5 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/device_number_registry.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/device_number_registry.cpp
@@ -83,12 +83,7 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
 
   auto device_number_registry::populate() const -> void
   {
-    erase_if(m_entries, [](auto entry) { return entry.device.expired(); });
-
-    if (m_populated)
-    {
-      return;
-    }
+    m_entries.clear();
 
     for (auto const & binding : file_type_bindings)
     {
@@ -106,8 +101,6 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
         }
       }
     }
-
-    m_populated = true;
   }
 
 }  // namespace kernel::filesystem
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/device_number_registry.hpp b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/device_number_registry.hpp
index 02a7918f..1f2cedf7 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/device_number_registry.hpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/device_number_registry.hpp
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
     auto populate() const -> void;
 
     kstd::observer_ptr<kapi::devices::interface_registry> m_interface_registry;
-    mutable bool m_populated{};
     mutable kstd::vector<entry> m_entries{};
   };
 
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