- patch from Denis Vlasenko to add and use bb_xsocket() and to use
  bb_xopen some more while at it.
  Also use shorter boilerplate while at it.
diff --git a/util-linux/fbset.c b/util-linux/fbset.c
index d2667cf..7d3cae2 100644
--- a/util-linux/fbset.c
+++ b/util-linux/fbset.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999 by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  *
  * This is a from-scratch implementation of fbset; but the de facto fbset
  * implementation was a good reference. fbset (original) is released under
@@ -408,8 +396,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ((fh = open(fbdev, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("fbset(open)");
+	fh = bb_xopen(fbdev, O_RDONLY);
 	if (ioctl(fh, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &var))
 		bb_perror_msg_and_die("fbset(ioctl)");
 	if (g_options & OPT_READMODE) {
diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
index 904a58e..30bc9f1 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkfs_minix.c
@@ -307,8 +307,7 @@
 	int fd;
 	long size;
 
-	if ((fd = open(file, O_RDWR)) < 0)
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s", file);
+	fd = bb_xopen(file, O_RDWR);
 	if (ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE, &size) >= 0) {
 		close(fd);
 		return (size * 512);
@@ -821,9 +820,7 @@
 	tmp += dirsize;
 	*(short *) tmp = 2;
 	strcpy(tmp + 2, ".badblocks");
-	DEV = open(device_name, O_RDWR);
-	if (DEV < 0)
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to open %s", device_name);
+	DEV = bb_xopen(device_name, O_RDWR);
 	if (fstat(DEV, &statbuf) < 0)
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("unable to stat %s", device_name);
 	if (!S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode))
diff --git a/util-linux/mkswap.c b/util-linux/mkswap.c
index ce123e5..32021fe 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkswap.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkswap.c
@@ -258,8 +258,7 @@
 	int fd;
 	long size;
 
-	if ((fd = open(file, O_RDONLY)) < 0) /* TODO: bb_xopen3 */
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s", file);
+	fd = bb_xopen(file, O_RDONLY);
 	if (ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE, &size) >= 0) {
 		size /= pagesize / 512;
 	} else {
@@ -342,8 +341,8 @@
 				PAGES * goodpages);
 	}
 
-	DEV = open(device_name, O_RDWR);
-	if (DEV < 0 || fstat(DEV, &statbuf) < 0)
+	DEV = bb_xopen(device_name, O_RDWR);
+	if (fstat(DEV, &statbuf) < 0)
 		bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s", device_name);
 	if (!S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode))
 		check = 0;