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Current state here: @filmor and I discussed a possible solution (simply allowing absolute paths) in #558. The solution has pros (simple) and cons (versioning of the library, deployment of the...

@simonelnahas can you rebase on master please?

I believe the code to be correct. The `cmd` is an integer and structured as described in [ioctl-decoding.txt](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.txt). It contains the size of the arguments, which is retrieved with `_IOC_SIZE(nr)`....

Does not apply cleanly anymore with the current master (0b35c647a60d22283a04583ac1a29c7d250d9184): ``` $ git apply fix-excessive-copies.patch error: patch failed: src/cow.c:130 error: src/cow.c: patch does not apply error: patch failed: src/findbranch.c:160 error:...