[PATCH] Linux: Add <sys/direntries.h>

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Mon Jul 8 11:19:00 GMT 2019


* Florian Weimer:

> This header file provides the types struct direntry and struct
> direntries, and the functions direntries_init, direntries_read,
> and direntries_next.  Using a separate header file (instead of
> augmenting <dirent.h>) allows more straightforward type names
> because identifier collisions are less of a problem (new code
> can work around them).
>
> The d_off member is not exposed via struct direntry because it is
> difficult to use correctly (it refers to the *next* entry), and
> it is also difficult to emulate with other interfaces.

Any comments on this patch?  I think it fits the addition of getdents64.

  <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2019-06/msg00418.html>

Thanks,
Florian



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