Re: [fuse-devel] Header doc bug

[Jan E. <je...@co...>]

On Jun 22 2007 10:38, Fareha Shafique wrote:
>>
>>     /** Create a file node
>>      *
>>      * If the filesystem doesn't define a create() operation, mknod()
>>      * will be called for creation of all non-directory, non-symlink
>>      * nodes.
>>      */
>>     int (*mknod) (const char *, mode_t, dev_t);
>>
> I think create is only used to make regular files. Any special files (e.g
> character special file, block special file, FIFO (named pipe), or Unix domain
> socket) are made using mknod.

Yes I think so too. But the comment implies otherwise. (Which is what should be
fixed.)

To me it reads: If the filesystem does define a create() operation,
mknod() will not be called for creation of non-directory, non-symlink
nodes.

It should probably read (it's a guess...):
If the filesystem does not define a create() operation,
mknod() will be used for file (S_IFREG) creation too [besides
blockdevs,chardevs,etc.].



	Jan
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