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+/* An interface to read and write that retries after interrupts.
+
+ Copyright (C) 1993-1994, 1998, 2002-2006, 2009-2016 Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification. */
+#ifdef SAFE_WRITE
+# include "safe-write.h"
+#else
+# include "safe-read.h"
+#endif
+
+/* Get ssize_t. */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#ifdef EINTR
+# define IS_EINTR(x) ((x) == EINTR)
+#else
+# define IS_EINTR(x) 0
+#endif
+
+#include <limits.h>
+
+#ifdef SAFE_WRITE
+# define safe_rw safe_write
+# define rw write
+#else
+# define safe_rw safe_read
+# define rw read
+# undef const
+# define const /* empty */
+#endif
+
+/* Read(write) up to COUNT bytes at BUF from(to) descriptor FD, retrying if
+ interrupted. Return the actual number of bytes read(written), zero for EOF,
+ or SAFE_READ_ERROR(SAFE_WRITE_ERROR) upon error. */
+size_t
+safe_rw (int fd, void const *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ /* Work around a bug in Tru64 5.1. Attempting to read more than
+ INT_MAX bytes fails with errno == EINVAL. See
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-04/msg00010.html>.
+ When decreasing COUNT, keep it block-aligned. */
+ enum { BUGGY_READ_MAXIMUM = INT_MAX & ~8191 };
+
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ ssize_t result = rw (fd, buf, count);
+
+ if (0 <= result)
+ return result;
+ else if (IS_EINTR (errno))
+ continue;
+ else if (errno == EINVAL && BUGGY_READ_MAXIMUM < count)
+ count = BUGGY_READ_MAXIMUM;
+ else
+ return result;
+ }
+}