[DragonFlyBSD - Bug #3283] (New) mknodat() cannot create FIFOs

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Issue #3283 has been reported by bhaible.

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Bug #3283: mknodat() cannot create FIFOs
http://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issues/3283

* Author: bhaible
* Status: New
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: Userland
* Target version: 
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According to POSIX https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mknodat.html
mknodat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode | S_IFIFO, 0)
should create a FIFO, just like
mkfifoat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode)

But mknodat fails with EINVAL instead.

How to reproduce: Run this program.
It prints:
<pre>
mknodat: Invalid argument
</pre>

<pre>

#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

int main ()
{
  int ret = mkfifoat (AT_FDCWD, "fifo1", 0600);
  if (ret < 0)
    perror ("mkfifoat");
  ret = mknodat (AT_FDCWD, "fifo2", 0600 | S_IFIFO, 0);
  if (ret < 0)
    perror ("mknodat");
}

</pre>



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