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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2003-07-15 12:37:46 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2003-07-15 12:37:46 (GMT)
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[Patch #708374] Only apply the check for file size if the file is a regular file, not a character or block device.
-rw-r--r--Modules/mmapmodule.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/mmapmodule.c b/Modules/mmapmodule.c
index 56033e8..a61a37a 100644
--- a/Modules/mmapmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/mmapmodule.c
@@ -901,7 +901,8 @@ new_mmap_object(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
/* on OpenVMS we must ensure that all bytes are written to the file */
fsync(fd);
# endif
- if (fstat(fd, &st) == 0 && (size_t)map_size > st.st_size) {
+ if (fstat(fd, &st) == 0 && S_ISREG(st.st_mode) &&
+ (size_t)map_size > st.st_size) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
"mmap length is greater than file size");
return NULL;