sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xmknod.c

   1 /* xmknod call using old-style Unix mknod system call.
   2    Copyright (C) 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   4
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   9
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  18    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  19
  20 #include <errno.h>
  21 #include <sys/types.h>
  22 #include <sys/stat.h>
  23 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
  24
  25 extern int __syscall_mknod (const char *, unsigned short int,
  26                             unsigned short int);
  27
  28 /* Create a device file named PATH, with permission and special bits MODE
  29    and device number DEV (which can be constructed from major and minor
  30    device numbers with the `makedev' macro above).  */
  31 int
  32 __xmknod (int vers, const char *path, mode_t mode, dev_t *dev)
  33 {
  34   unsigned short int k_dev;
  35
  36   if (vers != _MKNOD_VER)
  37     {
  38       __set_errno (EINVAL);
  39       return -1;
  40     }
  41
  42   /* We must convert the value to dev_t type used by the kernel.  */
  43   k_dev = ((major (*dev) & 0xff) << 8) | (minor (*dev) & 0xff);
  44
  45   return __syscall_mknod (path, mode, k_dev);
  46 }
  47
  48 weak_alias (__xmknod, _xmknod)