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+/* Read a symlink relative to an open directory.
+ Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+/* written by Eric Blake */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification. */
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#if HAVE_READLINKAT
+
+# undef fstatat
+# undef readlinkat
+
+ssize_t
+rpl_readlinkat (int fd, char const *file, char *buf, size_t bufsize)
+{
+# if READLINK_TRAILING_SLASH_BUG
+ size_t file_len = strlen (file);
+ if (file_len && file[file_len - 1] == '/')
+ {
+ /* Even if FILE without the slash is a symlink to a directory,
+ both lstat() and stat() must resolve the trailing slash to
+ the directory rather than the symlink. We can therefore
+ safely use fstatat(..., 0) to distinguish between EINVAL and
+ ENOTDIR/ENOENT, avoiding extra overhead of rpl_fstatat(). */
+ struct stat st;
+ if (fstatat (fd, file, &st, 0) == 0 || errno == EOVERFLOW)
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+# endif /* READLINK_TRAILING_SLASH_BUG */
+
+ ssize_t r = readlinkat (fd, file, buf, bufsize);
+
+# if READLINK_TRUNCATE_BUG
+ if (r < 0 && errno == ERANGE)
+ {
+ /* Try again with a bigger buffer. This is just for test cases;
+ real code invariably discards short reads. */
+ char stackbuf[4032];
+ r = readlinkat (fd, file, stackbuf, sizeof stackbuf);
+ if (r < 0)
+ {
+ if (errno == ERANGE)
+ {
+ /* Clear the buffer, which is good enough for real code.
+ Thankfully, no test cases try short reads of enormous
+ symlinks and what would be the point anyway? */
+ r = bufsize;
+ memset (buf, 0, r);
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ if (bufsize < r)
+ r = bufsize;
+ memcpy (buf, stackbuf, r);
+ }
+ }
+# endif
+
+ return r;
+}
+
+#else
+
+/* Gnulib provides a readlink stub for mingw; use it for distinction
+ between EINVAL and ENOENT, rather than always failing with ENOSYS. */
+
+/* POSIX 2008 says that unlike readlink, readlinkat returns 0 for
+ success instead of the buffer length. But this would render
+ readlinkat worthless since readlink does not guarantee a
+ NUL-terminated buffer. Assume this was a bug in POSIX. */
+
+/* Read the contents of symlink FILE into buffer BUF of size BUFSIZE, in the
+ directory open on descriptor FD. If possible, do it without changing
+ the working directory. Otherwise, resort to using save_cwd/fchdir,
+ then readlink/restore_cwd. If either the save_cwd or the restore_cwd
+ fails, then give a diagnostic and exit nonzero. */
+
+# define AT_FUNC_NAME readlinkat
+# define AT_FUNC_F1 readlink
+# define AT_FUNC_POST_FILE_PARAM_DECLS , char *buf, size_t bufsize
+# define AT_FUNC_POST_FILE_ARGS , buf, bufsize
+# define AT_FUNC_RESULT ssize_t
+# include "at-func.c"
+# undef AT_FUNC_NAME
+# undef AT_FUNC_F1
+# undef AT_FUNC_POST_FILE_PARAM_DECLS
+# undef AT_FUNC_POST_FILE_ARGS
+# undef AT_FUNC_RESULT
+
+#endif