misleading error about fd / follow_symlinks from os.stat()

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assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2021-08-08.20:18:13.105>
labels = ['expert-C-API', 'type-bug', 'library', '3.11']
title = 'misleading error about fd / follow_symlinks from os.stat()'
updated_at = <Date 2021-08-08.20:20:23.676>
user = 'https://github.com/akulakov'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-08-08.20:20:23.676>
actor = 'andrei.avk'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
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components = ['Library (Lib)', 'C API']
creation = <Date 2021-08-08.20:18:13.105>
creator = 'andrei.avk'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 44868
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['399237', '399239']
nosy_count = 1.0
nosy_names = ['andrei.avk']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue44868'
versions = ['Python 3.11']