New: func() *[]byte {
			buf := make([]byte, blockSize)
			return &buf
		},
	}
)

// unexpectedFileMode is a sentinel (and bogus) os.FileMode
// value used to represent a syscall.DT_UNKNOWN Dirent.Type.
const unexpectedFileMode os.FileMode = os.ModeNamedPipe | os.ModeSocket | os.ModeDevice

func parseDirEnt(buf []byte) (consumed int, name []byte, typ os.FileMode, err error) {
	// golang.org/issue/15653