Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:17:56 +1000
From: Martin D Kealey <[email protected]>
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| For stat to give an accurate answer, a snapshot of the content would have
| to be generated, counted, and discarded,
Not at all - simply define the format in such a way that the size is
either known in advance (effectively fixed perhaps) or trivial to
determine.
| All that said, I don't see why this needs to be treated as an error
| condition.
Different issue, and I agree, it shouldn't be, but the kernel should
still be giving information that is as accurate as possible.
kre