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Re: Remove unused sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c


On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Roland McGrath wrote:

> To do this you should also remove the sys_mknod line from
> sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list.

This version of the patch also removes that syscall.list entry.
Tested x86_64.

2012-04-20  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c: Remove file.
	* sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list (sys_mknod): Remove.

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list
index 92da895..4512a4b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ swapon		-	swapon		i:s	swapon
 symlink		-	symlink		i:ss	__symlink	symlink
 sync		-	sync		i:	sync
 syncfs		-	syncfs		i:i	syncfs
-sys_mknod	xmknod	mknod		i:sii	__syscall_mknod
 umask		-	umask		Ei:i	__umask		umask
 uname		-	uname		i:p	__uname		uname
 unlink		-	unlink		i:s	__unlink	unlink
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c b/sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a61bfa..0000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/xmknod.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/* xmknod call using old-style Unix mknod system call.
-   Copyright (C) 1991,1993,1995,1996,1997,2002 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 Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 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
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-
-extern int __syscall_mknod (const char *, mode_t, dev_t);
-
-/* 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)
-{
-  if (vers != _MKNOD_VER)
-    {
-      __set_errno (EINVAL);
-      return -1;
-    }
-
-  return __syscall_mknod (path, mode, *dev);
-}
-
-weak_alias (__xmknod, _xmknod)
-libc_hidden_def (__xmknod)

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com


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