From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS22989 209.51.188.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 613891F461 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2019 15:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:54254 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjQN2-0001SB-UD for normalperson@yhbt.net; Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:43:32 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35722) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hjQMv-0001RU-QA for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:43:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hjQMu-00070T-Pi for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:43:25 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-f67.google.com ([209.85.221.67]:42410) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hjQMu-0006uM-JV for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:43:24 -0400 Received: by mail-wr1-f67.google.com with SMTP id a10so9293920wrp.9 for ; Fri, 05 Jul 2019 08:43:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=SMjLXWXj7Y6d/g0oN0MVdrLTllHtPyPg63ET/1rPSec=; b=q0k5ZJ6HjI6bQ55KmfcEw0LeF2cei5I993BKe5s6yO3je+P0ylBbE1GpKUSRHlMp8o N4V5P+LmLSWMiUz/VSPdweKXyYzM0jfFKAMYPBv4j8qIFTxp1SC6aKD/RcXum2ixFw6s VJp1DLq/PvOrZqTS3qmCG0rIlzlkpwyxGmshkeq9lyIpY2OXt+PobH7DpTj+VZmYmVX4 ZiSGabwb2F1bP6ZxUjoH82X3/ts185FFDd2tTQn3qpEMdT+iEZ/yq8JbkOQomeNL4z1t dGhKgE++ZgVcLQ7Eavi6D6iY+JiXDXB21Jo7I/ZGhkkdZDXJkDpEDJmY31k0V0MlTivZ C+Gg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWJKYT5wu8QPPfSpfqXtIXqmRw79FRBeb42hNn7reP1XDramL+P kzmjZlcBUK8XrCopYR99BGEHE6ny+dL0iQMYnuoCKg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwHKi/Rh+u5FALDgciSbycwT3ztpakEXZ44V8pf6cRfSpkF9Lcy6GuazORgV3ZyOtTyeaRG8mnxuF0WUPwHeLM= X-Received: by 2002:adf:dd8e:: with SMTP id x14mr4573291wrl.344.1562341403116; Fri, 05 Jul 2019 08:43:23 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7AC7AA2A-EDEA-4A80-9A5A-02FAA2D823EF@whamcloud.com> <5a1b87fe-e265-6b0f-66eb-20ad1ba9c6e5@draigBrady.com> In-Reply-To: From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 08:43:09 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] areadlink-with-size: guess a lower bound with 0 size To: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig_Brady?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.221.67 X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: bug-gnulib Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+normalperson=yhbt.net@gnu.org Sender: "bug-gnulib" On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 4:24 AM P=C3=A1draig Brady wrote: > BTW this would allocate more for empty symlinks, > but they're rare: https://lwn.net/Articles/551224/ Interesting (re)reading. Patch looks fine. Thanks.