[PATCH] Use mode_t in open and friends
Rasmus Villemoes
rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk
Thu Apr 24 13:06:00 GMT 2014
Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
> Rasmus Villemoes <rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> writes:
>
>> The sole varargs argument to open and friends has type mode_t, not int.
>
> Varargs use the promoted type, but mode_t traditionally has been
> unsigned short.
Makes sense. But then sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_open.c and
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/openat.c are inconsistent with the other files
in sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/.
(Also, mode_t is actually unsigned int on linux/x86_64.)
Rasmus
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