Don't check st_size for special files
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/filesetup.c b/filesetup.c
index 84cd7f7..0874224 100644
--- a/filesetup.c
+++ b/filesetup.c
@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@
if (td->filetype != FIO_TYPE_FILE || (td->io_ops->flags & FIO_NULLIO))
return 0;
- if (stat(f->file_name, &st) == -1)
+ if (lstat(f->file_name, &st) == -1)
return 1;
- else if (st.st_size < (off_t) f->file_size)
+
+ /*
+ * if it's a special file, size is always ok for now
+ */
+ if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(st.st_mode))
+ return 0;
+ if (st.st_size < (off_t) f->file_size)
return 1;
return 0;