Re: [PATCH] ls: don't use an undefined struct stat after failed stat/lstat

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake wrote:

> According to Jim Meyering on 9/29/2009 5:13 AM:
>> -          /* The failed stat/lstat may have modified f->stat.  Clear it,
>> -             since we may use at least its st_ino member, e.g.,
>> -             when trying to print the inode of dangling symlink:
>> -             mkdir d; ln -s no-such d/s; ls -Li d  */
>> -          memset (&f->stat, 0, sizeof (f->stat));
>> +          f->stat.st_ino = 22;
>
> Why 22?  Is this debugging leftovers?

haha, yes.  Thanks ;-)