Re: xreadlink.c initial buffer size guesstimate

[Liyang HU]

On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 05:57:24PM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
> According to Liyang HU on 1/13/2007 4:48 PM:
> > If xreadlink() assumed POSIX, it would allocate a fixed buffer of 256 bytes.
> Wrong.  POSIX guarantees that you will have AT LEAST 256, [...]

You are absolutely right.

> > I'm not even sure my toy FS violates POSIX. st_size contains the /on-disk/
> Your FS flat out violates this rule.

But life goes on.

later,
/Liyang

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