- /* If mode_t is narrower than int, use the promoted type (int),
- not mode_t. Use sizeof to guess whether mode_t is narrower;
- we don't know of any practical counterexamples. */
- mode = (sizeof (mode_t) < sizeof (int)
- ? va_arg (arg, int)
- : va_arg (arg, mode_t));
+ /* We have to use PROMOTED_MODE_T instead of mode_t, otherwise GCC 4
+ creates crashing code when 'mode_t' is smaller than 'int'. */
+ mode = va_arg (arg, PROMOTED_MODE_T);