glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xmknod.c
1997-01-06 22:07:28 +00:00

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/* xmknod call using old-style Unix mknod system call.
Copyright (C) 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
extern int __syscall_mknod (const char *, unsigned short int,
unsigned short int);
/* Create a device file named PATH, with permission and special bits MODE
and device number DEV (which can be constructed from major and minor
device numbers with the `makedev' macro above). */
int
__xmknod (int vers, const char *path, mode_t mode, dev_t *dev)
{
unsigned short int k_dev;
if (vers != _MKNOD_VER)
{
__set_errno (EINVAL);
return -1;
}
/* We must convert the value to dev_t type used by the kernel. */
k_dev = ((major (*dev) & 0xff) << 8) | (minor (*dev) & 0xff);
return __syscall_mknod (path, mode, k_dev);
}
weak_alias (__xmknod, _xmknod)