WL#3817: Simplify string / memory area types and make things more consistent (first part)

The following type conversions was done:

- Changed byte to uchar
- Changed gptr to uchar*
- Change my_string to char *
- Change my_size_t to size_t
- Change size_s to size_t

Removed declaration of byte, gptr, my_string, my_size_t and size_s. 

Following function parameter changes was done:
- All string functions in mysys/strings was changed to use size_t
  instead of uint for string lengths.
- All read()/write() functions changed to use size_t (including vio).
- All protocoll functions changed to use size_t instead of uint
- Functions that used a pointer to a string length was changed to use size_t*
- Changed malloc(), free() and related functions from using gptr to use void *
  as this requires fewer casts in the code and is more in line with how the
  standard functions work.
- Added extra length argument to dirname_part() to return the length of the
  created string.
- Changed (at least) following functions to take uchar* as argument:
  - db_dump()
  - my_net_write()
  - net_write_command()
  - net_store_data()
  - DBUG_DUMP()
  - decimal2bin() & bin2decimal()
- Changed my_compress() and my_uncompress() to use size_t. Changed one
  argument to my_uncompress() from a pointer to a value as we only return
  one value (makes function easier to use).
- Changed type of 'pack_data' argument to packfrm() to avoid casts.
- Changed in readfrm() and writefrom(), ha_discover and handler::discover()
  the type for argument 'frmdata' to uchar** to avoid casts.
- Changed most Field functions to use uchar* instead of char* (reduced a lot of
  casts).
- Changed field->val_xxx(xxx, new_ptr) to take const pointers.

Other changes:
- Removed a lot of not needed casts
- Added a few new cast required by other changes
- Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety (as string lengths
  needs to be uint, not size_t).
- Fixed all calls to hash-get-key functions to use size_t*. (Needed to be done
  explicitely as this conflict was often hided by casting the function to
  hash_get_key).
- Changed some buffers to memory regions to uchar* to avoid casts.
- Changed some string lengths from uint to size_t.
- Changed field->ptr to be uchar* instead of char*. This allowed us to
  get rid of a lot of casts.
- Some changes from true -> TRUE, false -> FALSE, unsigned char -> uchar
- Include zlib.h in some files as we needed declaration of crc32()
- Changed MY_FILE_ERROR to be (size_t) -1.
- Changed many variables to hold the result of my_read() / my_write() to be
  size_t. This was needed to properly detect errors (which are
  returned as (size_t) -1).
- Removed some very old VMS code
- Changed packfrm()/unpackfrm() to not be depending on uint size
  (portability fix)
- Removed windows specific code to restore cursor position as this
  causes slowdown on windows and we should not mix read() and pread()
  calls anyway as this is not thread safe. Updated function comment to
  reflect this. Changed function that depended on original behavior of
  my_pwrite() to itself restore the cursor position (one such case).
- Added some missing checking of return value of malloc().
- Changed definition of MOD_PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH to avoid 'long' overflow.
- Changed type of table_def::m_size from my_size_t to ulong to reflect that
  m_size is the number of elements in the array, not a string/memory
  length.
- Moved THD::max_row_length() to table.cc (as it's not depending on THD).
  Inlined max_row_length_blob() into this function.
- More function comments
- Fixed some compiler warnings when compiled without partitions.
- Removed setting of LEX_STRING() arguments in declaration (portability fix).
- Some trivial indentation/variable name changes.
- Some trivial code simplifications:
  - Replaced some calls to alloc_root + memcpy to use
    strmake_root()/strdup_root().
  - Changed some calls from memdup() to strmake() (Safety fix)
  - Simpler loops in client-simple.c


BitKeeper/etc/ignore:
  added libmysqld/ha_ndbcluster_cond.cc
  ---
  added debian/defs.mk debian/control
client/completion_hash.cc:
  Remove not needed casts
client/my_readline.h:
  Remove some old types
client/mysql.cc:
  Simplify types
client/mysql_upgrade.c:
  Remove some old types
  Update call to dirname_part
client/mysqladmin.cc:
  Remove some old types
client/mysqlbinlog.cc:
  Remove some old types
  Change some buffers to be uchar to avoid casts
client/mysqlcheck.c:
  Remove some old types
client/mysqldump.c:
  Remove some old types
  Remove some not needed casts
  Change some string lengths to size_t
client/mysqlimport.c:
  Remove some old types
client/mysqlshow.c:
  Remove some old types
client/mysqlslap.c:
  Remove some old types
  Remove some not needed casts
client/mysqltest.c:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
client/readline.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
client/sql_string.cc:
  Removed some old types
dbug/dbug.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some prototypes to avoid casts
extra/comp_err.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/innochecksum.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/my_print_defaults.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/mysql_waitpid.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/perror.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/replace.c:
  Removed some old types
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
extra/resolve_stack_dump.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/resolveip.c:
  Removed some old types
include/config-win.h:
  Removed some old types
include/decimal.h:
  Changed binary strings to be uchar* instead of char*
include/ft_global.h:
  Removed some old types
include/hash.h:
  Removed some old types
include/heap.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed records_under_level to be 'ulong' instead of 'uint' to clarify usage of variable
include/keycache.h:
  Removed some old types
include/m_ctype.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
include/m_string.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
include/my_alloc.h:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
include/my_base.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_dbug.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed db_dump() to take uchar * as argument for memory to reduce number of casts in usage
include/my_getopt.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_global.h:
  Removed old types:
  my_size_t -> size_t
  byte -> uchar
  gptr -> uchar *
include/my_list.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_nosys.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_pthread.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_sys.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed MY_FILE_ERROR to be in line with new definitions of my_write()/my_read()
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  my_malloc() / my_free() now uses void *
  Updated parameters to dirname_part() & my_uncompress()
include/my_tree.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_trie.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_user.h:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
include/my_vle.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_xml.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
include/myisam.h:
  Removed some old types
include/myisammrg.h:
  Removed some old types
include/mysql.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed byte streams to use uchar* instead of char*
include/mysql_com.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
include/queues.h:
  Removed some old types
include/sql_common.h:
  Removed some old types
include/sslopt-longopts.h:
  Removed some old types
include/violite.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
libmysql/client_settings.h:
  Removed some old types
libmysql/libmysql.c:
  Removed some old types
libmysql/manager.c:
  Removed some old types
libmysqld/emb_qcache.cc:
  Removed some old types
libmysqld/emb_qcache.h:
  Removed some old types
libmysqld/lib_sql.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  true -> TRUE, false -> FALSE
mysys/array.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/charset.c:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/checksum.c:
  Include zlib to get definition for crc32
  Removed some old types
mysys/default.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/default_modify.c:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Removed some not needed casts
mysys/hash.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Note: Prototype of hash_key() has changed which may cause problems if client uses hash_init() with a cast for the hash-get-key function.
  hash_element now takes 'ulong' as the index type (cleanup)
mysys/list.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_cache.c:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/mf_dirname.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Added argument to dirname_part() to avoid calculation of length for 'to'
mysys/mf_fn_ext.c:
  Removed some old types
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
mysys/mf_format.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/mf_getdate.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_iocache.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed calculation of 'max_length' to be done the same way in all functions
mysys/mf_iocache2.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Clean up comments
  Removed not needed indentation
mysys/mf_keycache.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_keycaches.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_loadpath.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_pack.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Removed some not needed casts
  Removed very old VMS code
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
  Use result of dirnam_part() to remove call to strcat()
mysys/mf_path.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_radix.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_same.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_sort.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_soundex.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_strip.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_tempdir.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_unixpath.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_wfile.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mulalloc.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_alloc.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Use void* as type for allocated memory area
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed argument 'Size' to 'length' according coding guidelines
mysys/my_chsize.c:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
mysys/my_compress.c:
  More comments
  Removed some old types
  Changed string lengths to use size_t
  Changed arguments to my_uncompress() to make them easier to understand
  Changed packfrm()/unpackfrm() to not be depending on uint size (portability fix)
  Changed type of 'pack_data' argument to packfrm() to avoid casts.
mysys/my_conio.c:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/my_create.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_div.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_error.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_fopen.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_fstream.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  writen -> written
mysys/my_getopt.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_getwd.c:
  Removed some old types
  More comments
mysys/my_init.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_largepage.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/my_lib.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_lockmem.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_malloc.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/my_memmem.c:
  Indentation cleanup
mysys/my_once.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
mysys/my_open.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_pread.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
  Added comment for how my_pread() / my_pwrite() are supposed to work.
  Removed windows specific code to restore cursor position as this causes slowdown on windows and we should not mix read() and pread() calls anyway as this is not thread safe.
  (If we ever would really need this, it should be enabled only with a flag argument)
mysys/my_quick.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/my_read.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/my_realloc.c:
  Removed some old types
  Use void* as type for allocated memory area
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/my_static.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_static.h:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_vle.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_wincond.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_windac.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_write.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/ptr_cmp.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/queues.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/safemalloc.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/string.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/testhash.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/thr_alarm.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/thr_lock.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/tree.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/trie.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/typelib.c:
  Removed some old types
plugin/daemon_example/daemon_example.cc:
  Removed some old types
regex/reginit.c:
  Removed some old types
server-tools/instance-manager/buffer.cc:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
server-tools/instance-manager/buffer.h:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
server-tools/instance-manager/commands.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
server-tools/instance-manager/instance_map.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
server-tools/instance-manager/instance_options.cc:
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
  Replaced alloc_root + strcpy() with strdup_root()
server-tools/instance-manager/mysql_connection.cc:
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
server-tools/instance-manager/options.cc:
  Removed some old types
server-tools/instance-manager/parse.cc:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
server-tools/instance-manager/parse.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
server-tools/instance-manager/protocol.cc:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
server-tools/instance-manager/protocol.h:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
server-tools/instance-manager/user_map.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/derror.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/discover.cc:
  Changed in readfrm() and writefrom() the type for argument 'frmdata' to uchar** to avoid casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/event_data_objects.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc() and sprintf()
sql/event_db_repository.cc:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Added missing casts for sprintf()
sql/event_queue.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/field.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed memory buffers to be uchar*
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Removed a lot of casts
  Safety fix in Field_blob::val_decimal() to not access zero pointer
sql/field.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed memory buffers to be uchar* (except of store() as this would have caused too many other changes). 
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed val_xxx(xxx, new_ptr) to take const pointers
sql/field_conv.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added casts required because memory area pointers are now uchar*
sql/filesort.cc:
  Initalize variable that was used unitialized in error conditions
sql/gen_lex_hash.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed memory buffers to be uchar*
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Removed a lot of casts
  Safety fix in Field_blob::val_decimal() to not access zero pointer
sql/gstream.h:
  Added required cast
sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Added required casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/ha_ndbcluster.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/ha_ndbcluster_binlog.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Replaced sql_alloc() + memcpy() + set end 0 with sql_strmake()
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Added missing casts for alloc() and sprintf()
sql/ha_ndbcluster_binlog.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/ha_ndbcluster_cond.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/ha_ndbcluster_cond.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/ha_partition.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed prototype for change_partition() to avoid casts
sql/ha_partition.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/handler.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/handler.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed type for 'frmblob' parameter for discover() and ha_discover() to get fewer casts
sql/hash_filo.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
sql/hostname.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/item.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Use strmake() instead of memdup() to create a null terminated string.
  Updated calls to new Field()
sql/item.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/item_cmpfunc.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/item_cmpfunc.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_create.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_func.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
  Added test for failing alloc() in init_result_field()
  Remove old confusing comment
  Fixed compiler warning
sql/item_func.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_row.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_row.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_strfunc.cc:
  Include zlib (needed becasue we call crc32)
  Removed some old types
sql/item_strfunc.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some types to match new function prototypes
sql/item_subselect.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_subselect.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_sum.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/item_sum.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_timefunc.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/item_timefunc.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_xmlfunc.cc:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/item_xmlfunc.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/key.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/lock.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety
sql/log.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Changed usage of pwrite() to not assume it holds the cursor position for the file
  Made usage of my_read() safer
sql/log_event.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added checking of return value of malloc() in pack_info()
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some 'const' to avoid casts
  Added missing casts for alloc() and sprintf()
  Added required casts
  Removed some not needed casts
  Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety
sql/log_event.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/log_event_old.cc:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/log_event_old.h:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/mf_iocache.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/my_decimal.cc:
  Changed memory area to use uchar*
sql/my_decimal.h:
  Changed memory area to use uchar*
sql/mysql_priv.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed definition of MOD_PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH to avoid long overflow
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/mysqld.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/net_serv.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Ensure that vio_read()/vio_write() return values are stored in a size_t variable
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/opt_range.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/opt_range.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/opt_sum.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/parse_file.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed alloc_root + memcpy + set end 0 -> strmake_root()
sql/parse_file.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/partition_info.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc()
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/partition_info.h:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/protocol.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/protocol.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/records.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/repl_failsafe.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Added required casts
sql/rpl_filter.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/rpl_filter.h:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/rpl_injector.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/rpl_record.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/rpl_record.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/rpl_record_old.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/rpl_record_old.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid cast
sql/rpl_rli.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/rpl_tblmap.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/rpl_tblmap.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/rpl_utility.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/rpl_utility.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed type of m_size from my_size_t to ulong to reflect that m_size is the number of elements in the array, not a string/memory length
sql/set_var.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
sql/set_var.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/slave.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/slave.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/sp.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for printf()
sql/sp.h:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sp_cache.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for printf()
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sp_head.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc() and printf()
  Added required casts
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sp_head.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/sp_pcontext.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sp_pcontext.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_acl.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
  Added required casts
sql/sql_analyse.cc:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/sql_analyse.h:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/sql_array.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_base.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sql_binlog.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for printf()
sql/sql_cache.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/sql_cache.h:
  Removed some old types
  Removed reference to not existing function cache_key()
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sql_class.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Added missing casts for alloc()
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Moved THD::max_row_length() to table.cc (as it's not depending on THD)
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_class.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Moved max_row_length and max_row_length_blob() to table.cc, as they are not depending on THD
sql/sql_connect.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added required casts
sql/sql_db.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety
  Added missing casts for alloc()
sql/sql_delete.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_handler.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety
sql/sql_help.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_insert.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc() and printf()
sql/sql_lex.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_lex.h:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_list.h:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_load.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed compiler warning
sql/sql_manager.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_map.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_map.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_olap.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_parse.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Trivial move of code lines to make things more readable
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Added missing casts for alloc()
sql/sql_partition.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed compiler warnings about not used functions
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_partition.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/sql_plugin.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc()
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sql_prepare.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Added missing casts for alloc() and printf()
sql-common/client.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some memory areas to use uchar*
sql-common/my_user.c:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql-common/pack.c:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/sql_repl.cc:
  Added required casts
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/sql_select.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_select.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/sql_servers.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sql_show.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc()
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_string.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added required casts
sql/sql_table.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed compiler warning about not used variable
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_test.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_trigger.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc()
sql/sql_udf.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sql_union.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_update.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_view.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_yacc.yy:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Added missing casts for alloc()
sql/stacktrace.c:
  Removed some old types
sql/stacktrace.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/structs.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/table.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed setting of LEX_STRING() arguments in declaration
  Added required casts
  More function comments
  Moved max_row_length() here from sql_class.cc/sql_class.h
sql/table.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/thr_malloc.cc:
  Use void* as type for allocated memory area
  Changed all functions to use size_t
sql/tzfile.h:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/tztime.cc:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Added missing casts for alloc()
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/uniques.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/unireg.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
  Added missing casts for alloc()
storage/archive/archive_reader.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/archive/azio.c:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
storage/archive/ha_archive.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed type for 'frmblob' in archive_discover() to match handler
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Removed some not needed casts
storage/archive/ha_archive.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/blackhole/ha_blackhole.cc:
  Removed some old types
storage/blackhole/ha_blackhole.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/csv/ha_tina.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/csv/ha_tina.h:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
storage/csv/transparent_file.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed type of 'bytes_read' to be able to detect read errors
  Fixed indentation
storage/csv/transparent_file.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/example/ha_example.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
storage/example/ha_example.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/federated/ha_federated.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Removed some not needed casts
storage/federated/ha_federated.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/_check.c:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/heap/_rectest.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/ha_heap.cc:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/ha_heap.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/heapdef.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_block.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
storage/heap/hp_clear.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_close.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_create.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_delete.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_hash.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_info.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_open.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rfirst.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rkey.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rlast.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rnext.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rprev.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rrnd.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rsame.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_scan.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_test1.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_test2.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_update.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_write.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Added missing casts for alloc() and printf()
  Removed some not needed casts
storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ft_boolean_search.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ft_nlq_search.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ft_parser.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/myisam/ft_static.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ft_stopwords.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ft_update.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/myisam/ftdefs.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/myisam/fulltext.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ha_myisam.cc:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ha_myisam.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_cache.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/myisam/mi_check.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_checksum.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_close.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_create.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_delete.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_delete_all.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_dynrec.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_extra.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_key.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_locking.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_log.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_open.c:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Check argument of my_write()/my_pwrite() in functions returning int
  Added casting of string lengths to size_t
storage/myisam/mi_packrec.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/myisam/mi_page.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_preload.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_range.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rfirst.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rkey.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rlast.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rnext.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rnext_same.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rprev.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rrnd.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rsame.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rsamepos.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_scan.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_search.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_static.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_statrec.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_test1.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_test2.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_test3.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_unique.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_update.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_write.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/myisam_ftdump.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/myisamchk.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/myisamdef.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/myisamlog.c:
  Removed some old types
  Indentation fix
storage/myisam/myisampack.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/rt_index.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/rt_split.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/sort.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/sp_defs.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/sp_key.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/ha_myisammrg.cc:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/ha_myisammrg.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_close.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_def.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_delete.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_open.c:
  Removed some old types
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
storage/myisammrg/myrg_queue.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rfirst.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rkey.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rlast.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rnext.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rnext_same.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rprev.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rrnd.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rsame.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_update.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_write.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/include/util/ndb_opts.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/cw/cpcd/main.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/kernel/vm/Configuration.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/mgmclient/main.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/mgmsrv/InitConfigFileParser.cpp:
  Removed some old types
  Removed old disabled code
storage/ndb/src/mgmsrv/main.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbBlob.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbOperationDefine.cpp:
  Removed not used variable
storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbOperationInt.cpp:
  Added required casts
storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbScanOperation.cpp:
  Added required casts
storage/ndb/tools/delete_all.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/desc.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/drop_index.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/drop_tab.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/listTables.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/ndb_config.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/restore/consumer_restore.cpp:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts with new defintion of packfrm()
storage/ndb/tools/restore/restore_main.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/select_all.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/select_count.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/waiter.cpp:
  Removed some old types
strings/bchange.c:
  Changed function to use uchar * and size_t
strings/bcmp.c:
  Changed function to use uchar * and size_t
strings/bmove512.c:
  Changed function to use uchar * and size_t
strings/bmove_upp.c:
  Changed function to use uchar * and size_t
strings/ctype-big5.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-bin.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/ctype-cp932.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-czech.c:
  Fixed indentation
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/ctype-euc_kr.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-eucjpms.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-gb2312.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-gbk.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-latin1.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-mb.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-simple.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Simpler loops for caseup/casedown
  unsigned int -> uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-sjis.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-tis620.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-uca.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-ucs2.c:
  Moved inclusion of stdarg.h to other includes
  usigned char -> uchar
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-ujis.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-utf8.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  unsigned char -> uchar
  Indentation fixes
strings/ctype-win1250ch.c:
  Indentation fixes
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/ctype.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/decimal.c:
  Changed type for memory argument to uchar *
strings/do_ctype.c:
  Indentation fixes
strings/my_strtoll10.c:
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/my_vsnprintf.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/r_strinstr.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/str_test.c:
  Removed some old types
strings/strappend.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strcont.c:
  Removed some old types
strings/strfill.c:
  Removed some old types
strings/strinstr.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strlen.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strmake.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strnlen.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strnmov.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strto.c:
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/strtod.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strxnmov.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/xml.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Indentation fixes
tests/mysql_client_test.c:
  Removed some old types
tests/thread_test.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/test-ssl.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/test-sslclient.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/test-sslserver.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/vio.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/vio_priv.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed vio_read()/vio_write() to work with size_t
vio/viosocket.c:
  Changed vio_read()/vio_write() to work with size_t
  Indentation fixes
vio/viossl.c:
  Changed vio_read()/vio_write() to work with size_t
  Indentation fixes
vio/viosslfactories.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/viotest-ssl.c:
  Removed some old types
win/README:
  More explanations

1 files changed, 73 insertions, 80 deletions

diff --git a/mysys/my_pread.c b/mysys/my_pread.c
index f8f0fa49c10..070494e4f1d 100644
--- a/mysys/my_pread.c
+++ b/mysys/my_pread.c
@@ -20,61 +20,57 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-	/* Read a chunk of bytes from a file  */
-
-uint my_pread(File Filedes, byte *Buffer, uint Count, my_off_t offset,
-	      myf MyFlags)
+/*
+  Read a chunk of bytes from a file from a given position
+
+  SYNOPSIOS
+    my_pread()
+    Filedes	File decsriptor
+    Buffer	Buffer to read data into
+    Count	Number of bytes to read
+    offset	Position to read from
+    MyFlags	Flags
+
+  NOTES
+    This differs from the normal pread() call in that we don't care
+    to set the position in the file back to the original position
+    if the system doesn't support pread().
+
+  RETURN
+    (size_t) -1   Error
+    #             Number of bytes read
+*/
+
+size_t my_pread(File Filedes, uchar *Buffer, size_t Count, my_off_t offset,
+                myf MyFlags)
 {
-  uint readbytes;
+  size_t readbytes;
   int error= 0;
   DBUG_ENTER("my_pread");
   DBUG_PRINT("my",("Fd: %d  Seek: %lu  Buffer: 0x%lx  Count: %u  MyFlags: %d",
-		   Filedes, (ulong) offset, (long) Buffer, Count, MyFlags));
-
+		   Filedes, (ulong) offset, (long) Buffer, (uint) Count,
+                   MyFlags));
   for (;;)
   {
 #ifndef __WIN__
     errno=0;					/* Linux doesn't reset this */
 #endif
 #ifndef HAVE_PREAD
-    os_off_t old_offset;
-
     pthread_mutex_lock(&my_file_info[Filedes].mutex);
-    /*
-      As we cannot change the file pointer, we save the old position,
-      before seeking to the given offset
-    */
-
-    error= (old_offset= lseek(Filedes, 0L, MY_SEEK_CUR)) == -1L ||
-           lseek(Filedes, offset, MY_SEEK_SET) == -1L;
-
-    if (!error)                                 /* Seek was successful */
-    {
-      if ((readbytes = (uint) read(Filedes, Buffer, Count)) == -1L)
-        my_errno= errno;
-
-      /*
-        We should seek back, even if read failed. If this fails,
-        we will return an error. If read failed as well, we will
-        save the errno from read, not from lseek().
-      */
-      if ((error= (lseek(Filedes, old_offset, MY_SEEK_SET) == -1L)) &&
-          readbytes != -1L)
-        my_errno= errno;
-    }
-
+    readbytes= (uint) -1;
+    error= (lseek(Filedes, offset, MY_SEEK_SET) == (my_off_t) -1 ||
+	    (readbytes= read(Filedes, Buffer, Count)) != Count);
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&my_file_info[Filedes].mutex);
 #else
-    if ((error= ((readbytes =
-                  (uint) pread(Filedes, Buffer, Count, offset)) != Count)))
+    if ((error= ((readbytes= pread(Filedes, Buffer, Count, offset)) != Count)))
       my_errno= errno;
 #endif
     if (error || readbytes != Count)
     {
       DBUG_PRINT("warning",("Read only %d bytes off %u from %d, errno: %d",
-			    (int) readbytes, Count,Filedes,my_errno));
+			    (int) readbytes, (uint) Count,Filedes,my_errno));
 #ifdef THREAD
-      if ((readbytes == 0 || (int) readbytes == -1) && errno == EINTR)
+      if ((readbytes == 0 || readbytes == (size_t) -1) && errno == EINTR)
       {
         DBUG_PRINT("debug", ("my_pread() was interrupted and returned %d",
                              (int) readbytes));
@@ -83,14 +79,14 @@ uint my_pread(File Filedes, byte *Buffer, uint Count, my_off_t offset,
 #endif
       if (MyFlags & (MY_WME | MY_FAE | MY_FNABP))
       {
-	if ((int) readbytes == -1)
+	if (readbytes == (size_t) -1)
 	  my_error(EE_READ, MYF(ME_BELL+ME_WAITTANG),
 		   my_filename(Filedes),my_errno);
 	else if (MyFlags & (MY_NABP | MY_FNABP))
 	  my_error(EE_EOFERR, MYF(ME_BELL+ME_WAITTANG),
 		   my_filename(Filedes),my_errno);
       }
-      if ((int) readbytes == -1 || (MyFlags & (MY_FNABP | MY_NABP)))
+      if (readbytes == (size_t) -1 || (MyFlags & (MY_FNABP | MY_NABP)))
 	DBUG_RETURN(MY_FILE_ERROR);		/* Return with error */
     }
     if (MyFlags & (MY_NABP | MY_FNABP))
@@ -100,65 +96,63 @@ uint my_pread(File Filedes, byte *Buffer, uint Count, my_off_t offset,
 } /* my_pread */
 
 
-	/* Write a chunk of bytes to a file */
+/*
+  Write a chunk of bytes to a file at a given position
+
+  SYNOPSIOS
+    my_pwrite()
+    Filedes	File decsriptor
+    Buffer	Buffer to write data from
+    Count	Number of bytes to write
+    offset	Position to write to
+    MyFlags	Flags
+
+  NOTES
+    This differs from the normal pwrite() call in that we don't care
+    to set the position in the file back to the original position
+    if the system doesn't support pwrite()
 
-uint my_pwrite(int Filedes, const byte *Buffer, uint Count, my_off_t offset,
-	       myf MyFlags)
+  RETURN
+    (size_t) -1   Error
+    #             Number of bytes read
+ */
+
+size_t my_pwrite(int Filedes, const uchar *Buffer, size_t Count,
+                 my_off_t offset, myf MyFlags)
 {
-  uint writenbytes,errors;
-  ulong written;
+  size_t writenbytes, written;
+  uint errors;
   DBUG_ENTER("my_pwrite");
-  DBUG_PRINT("my",("Fd: %d  Seek: %lu  Buffer: 0x%lx  Count: %d  MyFlags: %d",
-		   Filedes, (ulong) offset, (long) Buffer, Count, MyFlags));
-  errors=0; written=0L;
+  DBUG_PRINT("my",("Fd: %d  Seek: %lu  Buffer: 0x%lx  Count: %u  MyFlags: %d",
+		   Filedes, (ulong) offset, (long) Buffer, (uint) Count,
+                   MyFlags));
+  errors= 0;
+  written= 0;
 
   for (;;)
   {
 #ifndef HAVE_PREAD
-    int error= 0;
-    os_off_t old_offset;
-    writenbytes= (uint) -1;
+    int error;
+    writenbytes= (size_t) -1;
     pthread_mutex_lock(&my_file_info[Filedes].mutex);
-
-    /*
-      As we cannot change the file pointer, we save the old position,
-      before seeking to the given offset
-    */
-    error= ((old_offset= lseek(Filedes, 0L, MY_SEEK_CUR)) == -1L ||
-            lseek(Filedes, offset, MY_SEEK_SET) == -1L);
-
-    if (!error)                                 /* Seek was successful */
-    {
-      if ((writenbytes = (uint) write(Filedes, Buffer, Count)) == -1L)
-        my_errno= errno;
-
-      /*
-        We should seek back, even if write failed. If this fails,
-        we will return an error. If write failed as well, we will
-        save the errno from write, not from lseek().
-      */
-      if ((error= (lseek(Filedes, old_offset, MY_SEEK_SET) == -1L)) &&
-          writenbytes != -1L)
-        my_errno= errno;
-    }
+    error= (lseek(Filedes, offset, MY_SEEK_SET) != (my_off_t) -1 &&
+            (writenbytes = write(Filedes, Buffer, Count)) == Count);
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&my_file_info[Filedes].mutex);
-
-    if (!error && writenbytes == Count)
+    if (error)
       break;
 #else
-    if ((writenbytes = (uint) pwrite(Filedes, Buffer, Count,offset)) == Count)
+    if ((writenbytes= pwrite(Filedes, Buffer, Count,offset)) == Count)
       break;
-    else
-      my_errno= errno;
+    my_errno= errno;
 #endif
-    if ((int) writenbytes != -1)
+    if (writenbytes != (size_t) -1)
     {					/* Safegueard */
       written+=writenbytes;
       Buffer+=writenbytes;
       Count-=writenbytes;
       offset+=writenbytes;
     }
-    DBUG_PRINT("error",("Write only %d bytes",writenbytes));
+    DBUG_PRINT("error",("Write only %u bytes", (uint) writenbytes));
 #ifndef NO_BACKGROUND
 #ifdef THREAD
     if (my_thread_var->abort)
@@ -173,8 +167,7 @@ uint my_pwrite(int Filedes, const byte *Buffer, uint Count, my_off_t offset,
       VOID(sleep(MY_WAIT_FOR_USER_TO_FIX_PANIC));
       continue;
     }
-    if ((writenbytes > 0 && (uint) writenbytes != (uint) -1) ||
-        my_errno == EINTR)
+    if ((writenbytes && writenbytes != (size_t) -1) || my_errno == EINTR)
       continue;					/* Retry */
 #endif
     if (MyFlags & (MY_NABP | MY_FNABP))