linux-kernel - Re: st_size of a symlink

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Message-ID: <500E761B.4040705@nod.at>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:16:59 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Guillem Jover <guillem@...rons.org>
CC:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>, Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-man@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: st_size of a symlink

On 24.07.2012 01:13, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Well, can't the link be accessed when getting the stat information
> then?

Sure, but it's not trivial.

>> IMHO the lstat() and readlink() manpages have to be more precise
>> about st_size.
>
> They document what POSIX says:

This does not make it any better...

Thanks,
//richard
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