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Diffstat (limited to 'pflocal/pf.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | pflocal/pf.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pflocal/pf.c b/pflocal/pf.c index 65d5c5a9..1244c600 100644 --- a/pflocal/pf.c +++ b/pflocal/pf.c @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /* Protocol family operations - Copyright (C) 1995, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1995, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu> @@ -36,8 +36,17 @@ S_socket_create (mach_port_t pf, error_t err; struct sock *sock; struct pipe_class *pipe_class; - - if (protocol != 0) + mode_t mode; + + /* We have a set of `magic' protocols that allow the user to choose + the file type of the socket. The primary application is to make + sockets that pretend to be a FIFO, for the implementations of + pipes. */ + if (protocol == 0) + mode = S_IFSOCK; + else if ((protocol & ~S_IFMT) == 0) + mode = protocol & S_IFMT; + else return EPROTONOSUPPORT; switch (sock_type) @@ -52,7 +61,7 @@ S_socket_create (mach_port_t pf, return ESOCKTNOSUPPORT; } - err = sock_create (pipe_class, &sock); + err = sock_create (pipe_class, mode, &sock); if (!err) { err = sock_create_port (sock, port); |