+static int make_node(char *filename, int major, int minor, unsigned int mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+{
+ int retval;
+
+ retval = mknod(filename, mode, makedev(major, minor));
+ if (retval != 0) {
+ dbg("mknod(%s, %#o, %u, %u) failed with error '%s'",
+ filename, mode, major, minor, strerror(errno));
+ return retval;
+ }
+
+ dbg("chmod(%s, %#o)", filename, mode);
+ retval = chmod(filename, mode);
+ if (retval != 0) {
+ dbg("chmod(%s, %#o) failed with error '%s'",
+ filename, mode, strerror(errno));
+ return retval;
+ }
+
+ if (uid != 0 || gid != 0) {
+ dbg("chown(%s, %u, %u)", filename, uid, gid);
+ retval = chown(filename, uid, gid);
+ if (retval != 0) {
+ dbg("chown(%s, %u, %u) failed with error '%s'",
+ filename, uid, gid, strerror(errno));
+ return retval;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+