From 41db52736919090d527a9c9884348b0a228ebc9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liav A <liavalb@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 13:07:58 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] LibCore: Add helpers to create block and character device
 files

---
 Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp | 14 ++++++++++++++
 Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h   |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
index 03842bb056..6b3e50eb95 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 #    include <LibSystem/syscall.h>
 #    include <serenity.h>
 #    include <sys/ptrace.h>
+#    include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #endif
 
 #if defined(AK_OS_LINUX) && !defined(MFD_CLOEXEC)
@@ -445,6 +447,18 @@ ErrorOr<int> fcntl(int fd, int command, ...)
     return rc;
 }
 
+#ifdef AK_OS_SERENITY
+ErrorOr<void> create_block_device(StringView name, mode_t mode, unsigned major, unsigned minor)
+{
+    return Core::System::mknod(name, mode | S_IFBLK, makedev(major, minor));
+}
+
+ErrorOr<void> create_char_device(StringView name, mode_t mode, unsigned major, unsigned minor)
+{
+    return Core::System::mknod(name, mode | S_IFCHR, makedev(major, minor));
+}
+#endif
+
 ErrorOr<void*> mmap(void* address, size_t size, int protection, int flags, int fd, off_t offset, [[maybe_unused]] size_t alignment, [[maybe_unused]] StringView name)
 {
 #ifdef AK_OS_SERENITY
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
index 1ec1b59a15..7e987e0bd8 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ ErrorOr<void> access(StringView pathname, int mode, int flags = 0);
 ErrorOr<DeprecatedString> readlink(StringView pathname);
 ErrorOr<int> poll(Span<struct pollfd>, int timeout);
 
+#ifdef AK_OS_SERENITY
+ErrorOr<void> create_block_device(StringView name, mode_t mode, unsigned major, unsigned minor);
+ErrorOr<void> create_char_device(StringView name, mode_t mode, unsigned major, unsigned minor);
+#endif
+
 class AddressInfoVector {
     AK_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(AddressInfoVector);
     AK_MAKE_DEFAULT_MOVABLE(AddressInfoVector);