[Bug 297082] mknod(2) should document it can create FIFOs provided dev==0

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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:47:30 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=297082

--- Comment #5 from Martijn Dekker <mcdutchie@hotmail.com> ---
I cannot seem to add comments to the review, so I'll do it here. The currently
proposed text includes:

The
.Fn mknod
system call, when called to create special files,
requires super-user privileges.

But a FIFO is also a special file, yet does not require root.

I would suggest changing that to:

The
.Fn mknod
system call, unless called to create a FIFO,
requires super-user privileges.

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