glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xmknod.c

/* 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.

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#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)