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diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/xmknod.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/xmknod.c
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+/* Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Contributed by Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>, 2011.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library.  If not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+
+/* Create a device file named PATH, with permission and special bits MODE
+   and device number DEV (which can be constructed from major and minor
+   device numbers with the `makedev' macro above).  */
+int
+__xmknod (int vers, const char *path, mode_t mode, dev_t *dev)
+{
+  unsigned long long int k_dev;
+
+  if (vers != _MKNOD_VER)
+    {
+      __set_errno (EINVAL);
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  /* We must convert the value to dev_t type used by the kernel.  */
+  k_dev = (*dev) & ((1ULL << 32) - 1);
+  if (k_dev != *dev)
+    {
+      __set_errno (EINVAL);
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  return INLINE_SYSCALL (mknodat, 4, AT_FDCWD, path, mode,
+                         (unsigned int) k_dev);
+}
+weak_alias (__xmknod, _xmknod)
+libc_hidden_def (__xmknod)