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Add comment explaining why size not passed directly to mmap, i.e. not relay

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ache 2001-03-27 15:53:48 +00:00
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@ -274,15 +274,21 @@ rlines(fp, off, sbp)
if (!(size = sbp->st_size))
return;
/*
* size not passed directly to mmap() below because unclear error
* diagnostic "Invalid argument".
*/
if (size > SIZE_T_MAX || size < 0) {
errno = EFBIG;
ierr();
exit(1);
}
/* XXX: FIXME - mmap() not support files over 2Gb */
/* Large file processing require alternative implementation */
/* for now print nice error diagnostic at least */
/*
* XXX: FIXME - mmap() not support files over 2GB
* Large file processing require alternative implementation,
* for now print nice error diagnostic at least.
*/
if (size > SSIZE_MAX) {
errno = EFBIG;
ierr();