> You could define an xprintf() macro that checks if the return value > is < 0 and simply calls perror() and exit(1) in such case. Does such a macro belong to any general header file from the Linux software library? Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html