Date: Fri, 01 May 2026 19:21:15 +0000 From: Dag-Erling=?utf-8?Q? Sm=C3=B8rg?=rav <des@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Cc: Aaron LI <aly@aaronly.me> Subject: git: f35e37750511 - stable/14 - tail(1): Fix -r (reverse) to work on pseudo filesystems Message-ID: <69f4fd2b.3cfdf.4c73aa2c@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/14 has been updated by des: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=f35e377505110efcc6308567a38894628a16232f commit f35e377505110efcc6308567a38894628a16232f Author: Aaron LI <aly@aaronly.me> AuthorDate: 2026-03-17 04:53:49 +0000 Commit: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-05-01 16:03:12 +0000 tail(1): Fix -r (reverse) to work on pseudo filesystems Pseudo filesystems (e.g., procfs) advertise a zero file size. Fix reverse() to handle such a case similarly as forward() so that '-r' works on pseudo filesystems. Signed-off-by: Aaron LI <aly@aaronly.me> Reviewed by: pouria, Ricardo Branco <rbranco@suse.de>, des Fixes: 1fb3caee7 ("tail: Do not trust st_size if it equals zero.") Pull-Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/2080 (cherry picked from commit 4feeca3193c316c18472cd40f215446fda3bd739) --- usr.bin/tail/reverse.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/reverse.c b/usr.bin/tail/reverse.c index 67d27d487d1c..52e423a8cc08 100644 --- a/usr.bin/tail/reverse.c +++ b/usr.bin/tail/reverse.c @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ reverse(FILE *fp, const char *fn, enum STYLE style, off_t off, struct stat *sbp) if (style != REVERSE && off == 0) return; - if (S_ISREG(sbp->st_mode)) + if (S_ISREG(sbp->st_mode) && sbp->st_size > 0) r_reg(fp, fn, style, off, sbp); else switch(style) {home | help
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