1 files changed, 19 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/makedevs.c b/miscutils/makedevs.c
index f55995685..67b28b534 100644
--- a/miscutils/makedevs.c
+++ b/miscutils/makedevs.c
@@ -17,57 +17,51 @@
 
 int makedevs_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-        dev_t dev = 0;
-        mode_t mode = 0;
-        char *basedev, *type, devname[255], buf[255];
-        int major, Sminor, S, E, sbase;
+        mode_t mode;
+        char *basedev, *type, *nodname, buf[255];
+        int major, Sminor, S, E;
 
         if (argc < 7 || *argv[1]=='-')
                 show_usage();
 
         basedev = argv[1];
         type = argv[2];
-        major = atoi(argv[3]);
+        major = atoi(argv[3]) << 8;  /* correcting param to mknod() */
         Sminor = atoi(argv[4]);
         S = atoi(argv[5]);
         E = atoi(argv[6]);
-        sbase = argc == 8 ? 1 : 0;
+        nodname = argc == 8 ? basedev : buf;
+
+        mode = 0660;
 
         switch (type[0]) {
         case 'c':
-                mode = S_IFCHR;
+                mode |= S_IFCHR;
                 break;
         case 'b':
-                mode = S_IFBLK;
+                mode |= S_IFBLK;
                 break;
         case 'f':
-                mode = S_IFIFO;
+                mode |= S_IFIFO;
                 break;
         default:
                 show_usage();
         }
-        mode |= 0660;
 
         while (S <= E) {
+                int sz;
 
-                if (type[0] != 'f')
-                        dev = (major << 8) | Sminor;
-                safe_strncpy(devname, basedev, sizeof(devname));
+                sz = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s%d", basedev, S);
+                if(sz<0 || sz>=sizeof(buf))  /* libc different */
+                        error_msg_and_die("%s too large", basedev);
 
-                if (sbase == 0) {
-                        int len;
-                        len = strlen(devname);
-                        if (S > 10000 || len > (sizeof(devname)-6))
-                                error_msg_and_die("%s: number too large", buf);
-                        sprintf(buf, "%d", S);
-                        strcat(devname, buf);
-                } else {
-                        sbase = 0;
-                }
+        /* if mode != S_IFCHR and != S_IFBLK third param in mknod() ignored */
 
-                if (mknod(devname, mode, dev))
-                        printf("Failed to create: %s\n", devname);
+                if (mknod(nodname, mode, major | Sminor))
+                        error_msg("Failed to create: %s", nodname);
 
+                if (nodname == basedev) /* ex. /dev/hda - to /dev/hda1 ... */
+                        nodname = buf;
                 S++;
                 Sminor++;
         }