Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:53:37 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc_r/uthread uthread_write.c Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10312171448020.26635-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20031217113610.N70711@root.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Nate Lawson wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Nate Lawson wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > > > Modified files: > > > > lib/libc_r/uthread uthread_write.c > > > > Log: > > > > Return to the caller if write() returns 0. [...] > > > > > > Thanks! Oh what a difference one retval makes. > > > > Does this fix something other than bacula? > > Anyone else who expected this semantics. I have no specific examples. I think it probably only pertinent to writing to tape devices where a 0 return means end of tape. Otherwise you should get -1 with an appropriate errno or just wait until all the requested data has been written. I asked if this fixed something because I was asked if this was a 5.2R candidate. -- Dan Eischen
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.GSO.4.10.10312171448020.26635-100000>