open dir failed. Value too large for defined data type

Question

I have tried all the existing solutions in stack overflow for similar questions : Mostly it was suggested to declare _FILE_OFFSET_BITS to 64. But this did not work.

Sample Code :

dir = opendir("/data/system/dropbox");
if (!dir) {
    PRINT_ERROR("open dir - %s failed. %s\n",
            "dropbox", strerror(errno));
    return -errno;
}

The following is the error(strerror(errno)) I get when I try to open a directory (/data/system/dropbox). I am using uClibc

>> Value too large for defined data type

Does this help? http://schematik.blogspot.se/2010/03/enable-large-file-support-in-uclibc.html — Klas Lindbäck, Nov 07 '14 at 11:30
"*when I try to open a directory*" using which (system-)call/function? — alk, Nov 07 '14 at 12:04
@MichaelWalz Sorry for not posting code. I missed it. Updated now. — Sandeep, Nov 07 '14 at 12:17
@alk opendir call. I update the q. Please have a look again. — Sandeep, Nov 07 '14 at 12:18
@alk I just checked. It is enabled. grep -irn "UCLIBC_HAS_LFS=y" * ---> include/config/auto.conf:20:UCLIBC_HAS_LFS=y uClibc.conf:88:UCLIBC_HAS_LFS=y — Sandeep, Nov 07 '14 at 12:38
does your code have #include and #include followed by DIR * dir = NULL; before the code you displayed? — user3629249, Nov 07 '14 at 18:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 07 '14 at 12:30

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If this happens to be on a big-endian machine, you might want to make sure you're using the latest version of uClibc. Your symptoms sound like this bug which was fixed last year.

answered Nov 07 '14 at 12:30

Edward

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I could not see the exact path of the fix in my uclibc. But taking the latest uclibc worked for me. I am now trying to get the patch that did the work for me – Sandeep Nov 10 '14 at 02:00

open dir failed. Value too large for defined data type

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