3 files changed, 47 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/autoupdate/autoupdate.go b/pkg/autoupdate/autoupdate.go
index ee530528e..0c795faed 100644
--- a/pkg/autoupdate/autoupdate.go
+++ b/pkg/autoupdate/autoupdate.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/transports/alltransports"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/define"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/events"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/domain/entities"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/systemd"
 	systemdDefine "github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/systemd/define"
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ func AutoUpdate(ctx context.Context, runtime *libpod.Runtime, options entities.A
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()
 
+	runtime.NewSystemEvent(events.AutoUpdate)
+
 	// Update all images/container according to their auto-update policy.
 	var allReports []*entities.AutoUpdateReport
 	updatedRawImages := make(map[string]bool)
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go
index e4c149abf..f37d79798 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go
@@ -381,6 +381,22 @@ func ToSpecGen(ctx context.Context, opts *CtrSpecGenOptions) (*specgen.SpecGener
 				Options: options,
 			}
 			s.Volumes = append(s.Volumes, &cmVolume)
+		case KubeVolumeTypeCharDevice:
+			// We are setting the path as hostPath:mountPath to comply with pkg/specgen/generate.DeviceFromPath.
+			// The type is here just to improve readability as it is not taken into account when the actual device is created.
+			device := spec.LinuxDevice{
+				Path: fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", volumeSource.Source, volume.MountPath),
+				Type: "c",
+			}
+			s.Devices = append(s.Devices, device)
+		case KubeVolumeTypeBlockDevice:
+			// We are setting the path as hostPath:mountPath to comply with pkg/specgen/generate.DeviceFromPath.
+			// The type is here just to improve readability as it is not taken into account when the actual device is created.
+			device := spec.LinuxDevice{
+				Path: fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", volumeSource.Source, volume.MountPath),
+				Type: "b",
+			}
+			s.Devices = append(s.Devices, device)
 		default:
 			return nil, errors.Errorf("Unsupported volume source type")
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/volume.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/volume.go
index 27881e77a..1d6d49b9d 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/volume.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/volume.go
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ type KubeVolumeType int
 
 const (
 	KubeVolumeTypeBindMount KubeVolumeType = iota
-	KubeVolumeTypeNamed     KubeVolumeType = iota
-	KubeVolumeTypeConfigMap KubeVolumeType = iota
+	KubeVolumeTypeNamed
+	KubeVolumeTypeConfigMap
+	KubeVolumeTypeBlockDevice
+	KubeVolumeTypeCharDevice
 )
 
 //nolint:revive
@@ -78,7 +80,30 @@ func VolumeFromHostPath(hostPath *v1.HostPathVolumeSource) (*KubeVolume, error)
 			if st.Mode()&os.ModeSocket != os.ModeSocket {
 				return nil, errors.Errorf("checking HostPathSocket: path %s is not a socket", hostPath.Path)
 			}
-
+		case v1.HostPathBlockDev:
+			dev, err := os.Stat(hostPath.Path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error checking HostPathBlockDevice")
+			}
+			if dev.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice == os.ModeCharDevice {
+				return nil, errors.Errorf("checking HostPathDevice: path %s is not a block device", hostPath.Path)
+			}
+			return &KubeVolume{
+				Type:   KubeVolumeTypeBlockDevice,
+				Source: hostPath.Path,
+			}, nil
+		case v1.HostPathCharDev:
+			dev, err := os.Stat(hostPath.Path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error checking HostPathCharDevice")
+			}
+			if dev.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice != os.ModeCharDevice {
+				return nil, errors.Errorf("checking HostPathCharDevice: path %s is not a character device", hostPath.Path)
+			}
+			return &KubeVolume{
+				Type:   KubeVolumeTypeCharDevice,
+				Source: hostPath.Path,
+			}, nil
 		case v1.HostPathDirectory:
 		case v1.HostPathFile:
 		case v1.HostPathUnset: