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Diffstat (limited to 'src/od.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/od.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1035,9 +1035,11 @@ skip (uintmax_t n_skip) /* The st_size field is valid only for regular files (and for symbolic links, which cannot occur here). If the number of bytes left to skip is larger than - the size of the current file, we can decrement - n_skip and go on to the next file. */ - if (S_ISREG (file_stats.st_mode) && 0 <= file_stats.st_size) + the size of the current file, we can decrement n_skip + and go on to the next file. Skip this optimization also + when st_size is 0, because some kernels report that + nonempty files in /proc have st_size == 0. */ + if (S_ISREG (file_stats.st_mode) && 0 < file_stats.st_size) { if ((uintmax_t) file_stats.st_size < n_skip) n_skip -= file_stats.st_size; |