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Re: read() MAX_IO_SIZE bytes, more than SSIZE_MAX?

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Joachim Schmitz <jojo@schmitz-digital.de>
Date
Feb 7, 2015, 18:03 UTC
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Joachim Schmitz <jojo <at> schmitz-digital.de> writes:
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> Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi <at> web.de> writes:
> 
> > 
> > On 2015-02-07 17.45, Joachim Schmitz wrote:
<snip>
> b) never ever should read() be asked to read more than SSIZE_MAX, this  
> should be true for every platform on the planet? You may want to have is 
> smaller than SSIZE_MAX (like the current 8MB vs. the possible 2TB on 
> Linux), but surely never larger?
Se also $gmane/232469, where that issue cropped up for MacOS X 64bit?
Bye, Jojo
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