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scandir: Propagate errors from readdir().
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Authored by des on Jun 25 2025, 8:11 PM.
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Currently, if readdir() fails, scandir() simply returns a partial
result (or a null result if it fails before any entries were selected).
There is no way within the current API design to return both a partial
result and an error indicator, so err on the side of caution: if an
error occurs, discard any partial result and return the error instead.

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

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