diff --git a/libblkid/fileutils.c b/libblkid/fileutils.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
+#include "c.h"
+#include "fileutils.h"
+#include "pathnames.h"
+#include "xalloc.h"
+
+#define _PATH_TMP "/tmp"
+/* Create open temporary file in safe way.  Please notice that the
+ * file permissions are -rw------- by default. */
+int xmkstemp(char **tmpname, char *dir)
+{
+	char *localtmp;
+	char *tmpenv;
+	mode_t old_mode;
+	int fd;
+
+	/* Some use cases must be capable of being moved atomically
+	 * with rename(2), which is the reason why dir is here.  */
+	if (dir != NULL)
+		tmpenv = dir;
+	else
+		tmpenv = getenv("TMPDIR");
+
+	if (tmpenv)
+		xasprintf(&localtmp, "%s/%s.XXXXXX", tmpenv,
+			  program_invocation_short_name);
+	else
+		xasprintf(&localtmp, "%s/%s.XXXXXX", _PATH_TMP,
+			  program_invocation_short_name);
+	old_mode = umask(077);
+	fd = mkstemp(localtmp);
+	umask(old_mode);
+	if (fd == -1) {
+		free(localtmp);
+		localtmp = NULL;
+	}
+	*tmpname = localtmp;
+	return fd;
+}
+
+/*
+ * portable getdtablesize()
+ */
+int get_fd_tabsize(void)
+{
+	int m;
+
+#if defined(HAVE_GETDTABLESIZE)
+	m = getdtablesize();
+#elif defined(HAVE_GETRLIMIT) && defined(RLIMIT_NOFILE)
+	struct rlimit rl;
+
+	getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl);
+	m = rl.rlim_cur;
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYSCONF) && defined(_SC_OPEN_MAX)
+	m = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+#else
+	m = OPEN_MAX;
+#endif
+	return m;
+}
+
+#ifdef TEST_PROGRAM
+int main(void)
+{
+	FILE *f;
+	char *tmpname;
+	f = xfmkstemp(&tmpname, NULL);
+	unlink(tmpname);
+	free(tmpname);
+	fclose(f);
+	return EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
+#endif