Function validateDevice

pkg/container/docker_cli.go:1082–1091

validateDevice validates a path for devices

(val string, serverOS string)

// validateDevice validates a path for devices
func validateDevice(val string, serverOS string) (string, error) {
	switch serverOS {
	case "linux":
		return validateLinuxPath(val, validDeviceMode)
	case "windows":
		// Windows does validation entirely server-side
		return val, nil
	}
	return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown server OS: %s", serverOS)
}

// validateLinuxPath is the implementation of validateDevice knowing that the
// target server operating system is a Linux daemon.