[PATCH] *_mknod prototype
The dev_t argument of sys_mknod is passed to vfs_mknod, and is then cast to int when foo_mknod is called, and is subsequently very often cast back to dev_t. (For example, minix_mknod() calls minix_set_inode() that takes a dev_t.) This is a cleanup that avoids this back-and-forth casting by giving foo_mknod a prototype with dev_t. In most cases now the dev_t is transmitted untouched until init_special_inode. It also makes the two routines hugetlbfs_get_inode() and shmem_get_inode() static.
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