nuttx/libc/misc/lib_mkfifo.c

/****************************************************************************
 * libc/misc/lib_mkfifo.c
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2016 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
 *   Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
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 * Included Files
 ****************************************************************************/

#include <nuttx/config.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

#include <nuttx/drivers/drivers.h>

#if defined(CONFIG_PIPES) && CONFIG_DEV_FIFO_SIZE > 0

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: mkfifo
 *
 * Description:
 *   mkfifo() makes a FIFO device driver file with name 'pathname.'  Unlike
 *   Linux, a NuttX FIFO is not a special file type but simply a device
 *   driver instance.  'mode' specifies the FIFO's permissions.
 *
 *   Once the FIFO has been created by mkfifo(), any thread can open it for
 *   reading or writing, in the same way as an ordinary file. However, it
 *   must have been opened from both reading and writing before input or
 *   output can be performed.  This FIFO implementation will block all
 *   attempts to open a FIFO read-only until at least one thread has opened
 *   the FIFO for  writing.
 *
 *   If all threads that write to the FIFO have closed, subsequent calls to
 *   read() on the FIFO will return 0 (end-of-file).
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   pathname - The full path to the FIFO instance to attach to or to create
 *     (if not already created).
 *   mode - Ignored for now
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   0 is returned on success; otherwise, -1 is returned with errno set
 *   appropriately.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int mkfifo(FAR const char *pathname, mode_t mode)
{
  return mkfifo2(pathname, mode, CONFIG_DEV_FIFO_SIZE);
}

#endif /* CONFIG_PIPES && CONFIG_DEV_FIFO_SIZE > 0 */