> + if (lstat(filename, &sb) < 0) {
> + fprintf(stderr, "%s: stat failed: %s\n", filename,
> strerror(errno));
> + return -errno;
> + }
> +
> + if (S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode))
> + filename = raw_get_rawdevice(filename);Please move the lstat and S_ISBLK check into raw_get_rawdevice. Also it might be worth to rename it to something like raw_normalize_devicepath.
