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libc: Improve POSIX conformance of dirfd()
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Authored by des on Jan 31 2026, 9:34 PM.
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Summary

POSIX states that dirfd() should set errno to EINVAL and return -1 if
dirp does not refer to a valid directory stream. Our interpretation is
that this applies if dirp is null or the file descriptor associated
with it is negative.

MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: Klara, Inc.

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