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In the non-Linux version of sendfile(), why do you pass &file_length?
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Description
In the non-Linux version of sendfile(), why do you pass &file_length? At least in the FreeBSD version, it just takes a regular size_t. And in that case, there'd be no need to check file_length again; just check the return value.
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Start by locating the non-Linux sendfile() implementation and compare its argument type and return-value handling with the FreeBSD signature mentioned in the issue. Determine whether the current call is incorrect or redundant, then validate the corrected behavior across the supported non-Linux path.
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- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
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