Return EISDIR when read() and pread()'ing a directory.
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Authored by delphij on May 12 2020, 2:50 AM.

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Summary

POSIX allows implementation to return EISDIR when reading of directory is not allowed.
readdir() should be used instead.

PR: 246412

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Buildable 31037
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delphij created this revision.May 12 2020, 2:50 AM

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B31037: Diff 71671.May 12 2020, 2:50 AM

delphij added a reviewer: mckusick.May 12 2020, 4:14 AM

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24596 is a superset of this changeset (except manual page change).

delphij mentioned this in D24596: vfs: add restrictions to read(2) of a directory.May 12 2020, 4:21 AM

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lib/

libc/

sys/

read.2

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sys/

kern/

vfs_vnops.c

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lib/libc/sys/read.2