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-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.cc23
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 9346d5dc4..16c2c97aa 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -216,18 +216,17 @@ bool pathExists(const Path & path)
Path readLink(const Path & path)
{
checkInterrupt();
- struct stat st = lstat(path);
- if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
- throw Error(format("'%1%' is not a symlink") % path);
- auto bufSize = std::max(st.st_size, (off_t) PATH_MAX + 1);
- char buf[bufSize];
- ssize_t rlsize = readlink(path.c_str(), buf, bufSize);
- if (rlsize == -1)
- throw SysError(format("reading symbolic link '%1%'") % path);
- else if (rlsize > bufSize)
- throw Error(format("symbolic link '%1%' size overflow %2% > %3%")
- % path % rlsize % bufSize);
- return string(buf, rlsize);
+ for (ssize_t bufSize = PATH_MAX/4; true; bufSize += bufSize/2) {
+ char buf[bufSize];
+ ssize_t rlSize = readlink(path.c_str(), buf, bufSize);
+ if (rlSize == -1)
+ if (errno == EINVAL)
+ throw Error(format("'%1%' is not a symlink") % path);
+ else
+ throw SysError(format("reading symbolic link '%1%'") % path);
+ else if (rlSize < bufSize)
+ return string(buf, rlSize);
+ }
}