* Write a packetized stream, where each line is preceded by
* its length (including the header) as a 4-byte hex number.
* A length of 'zero' means end of stream (and a length of 1-3
- * would be an error).
+ * would be an error).
*
* This is all pretty stupid, but we use this packetized line
* format to make a streaming format possible without ever
* The writing side could use stdio, but since the reading
* side can't, we stay with pure read/write interfaces.
*/
-static void safe_write(int fd, const void *buf, unsigned n)
+ssize_t safe_write(int fd, const void *buf, ssize_t n)
{
+ ssize_t nn = n;
while (n) {
int ret = xwrite(fd, buf, n);
if (ret > 0) {
- buf += ret;
+ buf = (char *) buf + ret;
n -= ret;
continue;
}
die("write error (disk full?)");
die("write error (%s)", strerror(errno));
}
+ return nn;
}
/*
static void safe_read(int fd, void *buffer, unsigned size)
{
- int n = 0;
-
- while (n < size) {
- int ret = xread(fd, buffer + n, size - n);
- if (ret < 0)
- die("read error (%s)", strerror(errno));
- if (!ret)
- die("unexpected EOF");
- n += ret;
- }
+ ssize_t ret = read_in_full(fd, buffer, size);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ die("read error (%s)", strerror(errno));
+ else if (ret < size)
+ die("The remote end hung up unexpectedly");
}
int packet_read_line(int fd, char *buffer, unsigned size)