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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/getcwd.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/getcwd.c b/lib/getcwd.c index 2b1d713ff..b418a76f7 100644 --- a/lib/getcwd.c +++ b/lib/getcwd.c @@ -44,11 +44,14 @@ extern int errno; #define MAX_SAFE_LEN (PATH_MAX - 1 - KLUDGE_POSIX_NAME_MAX - 1) /* This is a wrapper for getcwd. - Some implementations (at least GNU libc 2.3.1) return non-NULL - for a working directory name longer than PATH_MAX, yet the returned - string is a strict prefix of the desired directory name. + Some implementations (at least GNU libc 2.3.1 + linux-2.4.20) return + non-NULL for a working directory name longer than PATH_MAX, yet the + returned string is a strict prefix of the desired directory name. Upon such a failure, free the offending string, set errno to - ENAMETOOLONG, and return NULL. */ + ENAMETOOLONG, and return NULL. + + I've heard that this is a Linux kernel bug, and that it has + been fixed between 2.4.21-pre3 and 2.4.21-pre4. */ char * rpl_getcwd (char *buf, size_t size) |