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openat(2), mq_open(2): do not refer to mode_t for variadic arguments
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Authored by val_packett.cool on Sep 27 2019, 12:25 PM.
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Summary
  • mode_t is uint16_t (sys/sys/_types.h)
  • openat takes variadic args
  • variadic args cannot be 16-bit, and indeed the code uses int
  • the manpage currently kinda implies the argument is 16-bit by saying mode_t

Prompted by Rust things: https://github.com/tailhook/openat/issues/21

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