libc/sys/linux/io.c (mkfifo): dev pointer

[Jeff Johnston]

Jeff Johnston wrote:
> Shaun Jackman wrote:
> 
>> Is the third argument of mknod truly a pointer?
>>
>> $ grep mknod libc/sys/linux/io.c
>> #define __NR___mknod __NR_mknod
>> static _syscall3(int,__mknod,const char *,path,mode_t,mode,dev_t *,dev)
>>    return __mknod(path, mode | S_IFIFO, &dev);
>>
>> As I read the linux source, it looks like a scalar.
>>
>> $ grep sys_mknod linux-2.6.15/fs/namei.c
>> asmlinkage long sys_mknod(const char __user * filename, int mode, 
>> unsigned dev)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Shaun
> 
> 
> Yes, I believe you are correct.  This is likely just a typo when I 
> copied down the syscall lists.  Glibc has an _xmknod which uses the 
> pointer.
> 

A patch has been checked in.

-- Jeff J.