libgocryptfs/internal/syscallcompat/sys_common.go

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package syscallcompat
import (
"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
)
// Readlinkat exists both in Linux and in MacOS 10.10+. We may add an
// emulated version for users on older MacOS versions if there is
// demand.
// Buffer allocation is handled internally, unlike the bare unix.Readlinkat.
func Readlinkat(dirfd int, path string) (string, error) {
// Allocate the buffer exponentially like os.Readlink does.
for bufsz := 128; ; bufsz *= 2 {
buf := make([]byte, bufsz)
n, err := unix.Readlinkat(dirfd, path, buf)
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
if n < bufsz {
return string(buf[0:n]), nil
}
}
}