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Re: [PATCH] Use stat64 instead of stat in installed programs

From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:53:28 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use *stat64 instead of *stat in installed programs
References: <515BE8AA dot 6010407 at redhat dot com> <20130403100311 dot GC3704 at altlinux dot org>

On 04/03/2013 12:03 PM, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:

On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:

This ensures reliable operation on file systems with inode numbers
which do not fit into 32 bits.


Are you sure this fix covers all issues in installed programs related to
64-bit inode numbers?
I haven't checked HEAD yet, but in 2.17 I see a bit more of them
using non-LFS functions:

These should be harmless because they do not process large files, andonly 64 bit inode numbers can bite them.


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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team

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Re: [PATCH] Use stat64 instead of stat in installed programs