}
	defer syscall.Close(fd)

	bufp := direntPool.Get()
	defer direntPool.Put(bufp)
	buf := *bufp

	boff := 0 // starting read position in buf
	nbuf := 0 // end valid data in buf

	for {
		if boff >= nbuf {
			boff = 0
			stop := globalOSMetrics.time(osMetricReadDirent)
			nbuf, err = syscall.ReadDirent(fd, buf)
			stop()
			if err != nil {
				if isSysErrNotDir(err) {
					return nil
				}

	hdrVer, buf, e := msgp.ReadUintBytes(buf)
	if e != nil {
		return 0, buf, e
	}
	metaVer, buf, e := msgp.ReadUintBytes(buf)
	if e != nil {
		return 0, buf, e
	}
	if hdrVer > xlHeaderVersion {
		return 0, buf, fmt.Errorf("decodeXLHeaders: Unknown xl header version %d", metaVer)
	}
	if metaVer > xlMetaVersion {
		return 0, buf, fmt.Errorf("decodeXLHeaders: Unknown xl meta version %d", metaVer)
	}

	return func(b *testing.B, n int) {
		buf := bmbuf[0:n]
		o := copy(buf, uchars)
		for o < len(buf) {
			o += copy(buf[o:], uchars)
		}

		// Make space for the needle rune at the end of buf.
		m := utf8.RuneLen(needle)
		for o := m; o > 0; {
			_, sz := utf8.DecodeLastRune(buf)
			copy(buf[len(buf)-sz:], "\x00\x00\x00\x00")
			buf = buf[:len(buf)-sz]
			o -= sz
		}

	headerVer, metaVer uint
}

func decodeXLHeaders(buf []byte) (x xlHeaders, b []byte, err error) {
	x.headerVer, buf, err = msgp.ReadUintBytes(buf)
	if err != nil {
		return x, buf, err
	}
	x.metaVer, buf, err = msgp.ReadUintBytes(buf)
	if err != nil {
		return x, buf, err
	}
	if x.headerVer > xlHeaderVersion {
		return x, buf, fmt.Errorf("decodeXLHeaders: Unknown xl header version %d", x.headerVer)
	}

	buf, err := readSpecialFile(r)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	sbuf := string(buf)

	// For GNU PAX sparse format 0.0 support.
	// This function transforms the sparse format 0.0 headers into format 0.1
	// headers since 0.0 headers were not PAX compliant.
	var sparseMap []string

	paxHdrs := make(map[string]string)
	for len(sbuf) > 0 {

	if err != nil {
		return 0, 0, 0, buf, err
	}
	if hdrVer > xlHeaderVersion {
		return 0, 0, 0, buf, fmt.Errorf("decodeXLHeaders: Unknown xl header version %d", hdrVer)
	}
	if metaVer > xlMetaVersion {
		return 0, 0, 0, buf, fmt.Errorf("decodeXLHeaders: Unknown xl meta version %d", metaVer)
	}
	versions, buf, err = msgp.ReadIntBytes(buf)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, 0, 0, buf, err
	}

	stat, err := f.Stat()
	if err != nil {
		buf, err = io.ReadAll(f)
		return buf, dmTime, osErrToFileErr(err)
	}
	if stat.IsDir() {
		return nil, dmTime, errFileNotFound
	}

	// Read into appropriate buffer.
	sz := stat.Size()
	if sz <= metaDataReadDefault {
		buf = metaDataPoolGet()
		buf = buf[:sz]
	} else {
		buf = make([]byte, sz)
	}

	// Read file...

	v := BatchJobReplicateCredentials{}
	var buf bytes.Buffer
	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)

	m := v.Msgsize()
	if buf.Len() > m {
		t.Log("WARNING: TestEncodeDecodeBatchJobReplicateCredentials Msgsize() is inaccurate")
	}

	vn := BatchJobReplicateCredentials{}
	err := msgp.Decode(&buf, &vn)
	if err != nil {
		t.Error(err)
	}

	buf.Reset()
	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)
	err = msgp.NewReader(&buf).Skip()
	if err != nil {

	v := allTierStats{}
	var buf bytes.Buffer
	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)

	m := v.Msgsize()
	if buf.Len() > m {
		t.Log("WARNING: TestEncodeDecodeallTierStats Msgsize() is inaccurate")
	}

	vn := allTierStats{}
	err := msgp.Decode(&buf, &vn)
	if err != nil {
		t.Error(err)
	}

	buf.Reset()
	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)
	err = msgp.NewReader(&buf).Skip()
	if err != nil {
		t.Error(err)
	}
}

	v := localLockMap{}
	var buf bytes.Buffer
	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)

	m := v.Msgsize()
	if buf.Len() > m {
		t.Log("WARNING: TestEncodeDecodelocalLockMap Msgsize() is inaccurate")
	}

	vn := localLockMap{}
	err := msgp.Decode(&buf, &vn)
	if err != nil {
		t.Error(err)
	}

	buf.Reset()
	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)
	err = msgp.NewReader(&buf).Skip()
	if err != nil {
		t.Error(err)
	}
}