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From: Christoph Plattner <christoph.plattner@gmx.at>
To: Riley Williams <Riley@Williams.Name>
Cc: Harry Kalogirou <harkal@gmx.net>,
	Linux 8086 <linux-8086@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: SPLINT: sys_open missing a parameter in init/main.c
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 00:32:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CCC788D.1775C156@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.21.0204281819010.8763-100000@Consulate.UFP.CX

In the standard the "mode" argument is optional. It is only used
together 
with O_CREAT as flag to define the file mode (see UNIX command chmod,
etc).

It is not a "beautiful" way, but this usage works. The third parameter
is not defined at call, and if O_CREAT is not used, this argument with
the not define value is not read.

A correct implementation is done by using the va_args ! A C-method to
pass variable amount of arguments. See for example printf(), how it is
implemented !

With friendly regards
Christoph P.


Riley Williams wrote:
> 
> Hi Harry.
> 
> The funtion sys_open is defined with three parameters...
> 
>         int sys_open(char *filename, int flags, int mode);
> 
> ...but in init/main.c it is called with only two parameters...
> 
>         #ifdef CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL
>                 num = sys_open("/dev/ttyS0", 2);
>         #else
>                 num = sys_open("/dev/tty1", 2);
>         #endif
> 
> ...and I haven't the foggiest how to correct this. Can somebody rather
> more knowledgable than I am advise regarding this please?
> 
> Best wishes from Riley.
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-04-28 22:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-28 21:15 SPLINT: sys_open missing a parameter in init/main.c Riley Williams
2002-04-28 22:32 ` Christoph Plattner [this message]
2002-04-29  0:11 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-29 21:20   ` Riley Williams

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