Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 17:23:43 +0000 (UTC) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r282560 - head/lib/libc/gen Message-ID: <201505061723.t46HNhQZ020935@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: jhb Date: Wed May 6 17:23:42 2015 New Revision: 282560 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/282560 Log: Tweak the comment here some more. In particular, the previous opening sentence was a bit confusing. Noted by: kib Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/telldir.c Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/telldir.c ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/gen/telldir.c Wed May 6 16:43:44 2015 (r282559) +++ head/lib/libc/gen/telldir.c Wed May 6 17:23:42 2015 (r282560) @@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ _seekdir(dirp, loc) } /* - * A call to telldir after readdir returns the last entry in a block - * returns a location that is after the end of the last entry in that - * block. However, that location doesn't refer to a valid directory - * entry. Instead, these locations should refer to the first entry in - * the next block. That location is not known until the next block is - * read, so readdir calls this function after fetching a new block to - * fix any such telldir locations. + * After readdir returns the last entry in a block, a call to telldir + * returns a location that is after the end of that last entry. + * However, that location doesn't refer to a valid directory entry. + * Ideally, the call to telldir would return a location that refers to + * the first entry in the next block. That location is not known + * until the next block is read, so readdir calls this function after + * fetching a new block to fix any such telldir locations. */ void _fixtelldir(DIR *dirp, long oldseek, long oldloc)
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