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diff --git a/support/xreadlink.c b/support/xreadlink.c
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+/* Error-checking, allocating wrapper for readlink.
+   Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <scratch_buffer.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <xunistd.h>
+
+char *
+xreadlink (const char *path)
+{
+  struct scratch_buffer buf;
+  scratch_buffer_init (&buf);
+
+  while (true)
+    {
+      ssize_t count = readlink (path, buf.data, buf.length);
+      if (count < 0)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("readlink (\"%s\"): %m", path);
+      if (count < buf.length)
+        {
+          char *result = xstrndup (buf.data, count);
+          scratch_buffer_free (&buf);
+          return result;
+        }
+      if (!scratch_buffer_grow (&buf))
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("scratch_buffer_grow in xreadlink");
+    }
+}