[Bug libstdc++/96484] Horrible performance of std::read_symlink

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https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96484

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The releases/gcc-8 branch has been updated by Jonathan Wakely
<redi@gcc.gnu.org>:

https://gcc.gnu.org/g:8b692f8b4c0e47bc8e11d9c3ab83049f68b2edbc

commit r8-10390-g8b692f8b4c0e47bc8e11d9c3ab83049f68b2edbc
Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Aug 6 18:44:50 2020 +0100

    libstdc++: Fix unnecessary allocations in read_symlink [PR 96484]

    libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:

            PR libstdc++/96484
            * src/filesystem/ops.cc (fs::read_symlink): Return an error
            immediately for non-symlinks.
            * src/filesystem/std-ops.cc (fs::read_symlink): Likewise.

    (cherry picked from commit 6a13a4e3f29fc4ce5eff96d74ba965c9fdc02184)