Without this patch, an attempt to mksock will get an EINVAL.
Before this patch:
[root@localhost 1dir]# mksock mysock
mksock: error making mysock: Invalid argument
With this patch:
[root@localhost 1dir]# mksock mysock
[root@localhost 1dir]# ls -l mysock
s--------- 1 root root 0 2010-03-31 17:44 mysock
Signed-off-by: Venkateswararao Jujjuri <jvrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
sprintf(name, "c %u %u", MAJOR(rdev), MINOR(rdev));
else if (S_ISFIFO(mode))
*name = 0;
+ else if (S_ISSOCK(mode))
+ *name = 0;
else {
__putname(name);
return -EINVAL;