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Re: [PATCH][BZ 15514] Use statvfs64() for pathconf(_PC_NAME_MAX).

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Cc: Peter TB Brett <peter at peter-b dot co dot uk>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:10:08 -0400
Subject: Re: [PATCH][BZ 15514] Use statvfs64() for pathconf(_PC_NAME_MAX).
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References: <87ioqk270z dot fsf at harrington dot peter-b dot co dot uk>

On Mon 07 Apr 2014 21:56:12 Peter TB Brett wrote:
> pathconf(_PC_NAME_MAX) was implemented on top of statfs().  The 32bit
> version therefore fails EOVERFLOW if the filesystem blockcount is
> sufficiently large.
> 
> Most pathconf() queries use statvfs64(), which avoids this issue.  This
> patch modifies pathconf(_PC_NAME_MAX) to do likewise.

lgtm
-mike

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