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diff --git a/libbb/read.c b/libbb/read.c
index 7b80412..405e216 100644
--- a/libbb/read.c
+++ b/libbb/read.c
@@ -291,3 +291,52 @@ void* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_xopen_read_close(const char *filename, size_t *sizep)
bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't read '%s'", filename);
return buf;
}
+
+/* libbb candidate */
+#if 0
+static void *xmalloc_read(int fd, size_t *sizep)
+{
+ char *buf;
+ size_t size, rd_size, total;
+ off_t to_read;
+ struct stat st;
+
+ to_read = sizep ? *sizep : INT_MAX; /* max to read */
+
+ /* Estimate file size */
+ st.st_size = 0; /* in case fstat fails, assume 0 */
+ fstat(fd, &st);
+ /* /proc/N/stat files report st_size 0 */
+ /* In order to make such files readable, we add small const */
+ size = (st.st_size | 0x3ff) + 1;
+
+ total = 0;
+ buf = NULL;
+ while (1) {
+ if (to_read < size)
+ size = to_read;
+ buf = xrealloc(buf, total + size + 1);
+ rd_size = full_read(fd, buf + total, size);
+ if ((ssize_t)rd_size < 0) { /* error */
+ free(buf);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ total += rd_size;
+ if (rd_size < size) /* EOF */
+ break;
+ to_read -= rd_size;
+ if (to_read <= 0)
+ break;
+ /* grow by 1/8, but in [1k..64k] bounds */
+ size = ((total / 8) | 0x3ff) + 1;
+ if (size > 64*1024)
+ size = 64*1024;
+ }
+ xrealloc(buf, total + 1);
+ buf[total] = '\0';
+
+ if (sizep)
+ *sizep = total;
+ return buf;
+}
+#endif