iwj writes ("[PATCH] check return value from read() and write() properly"):
> The system calls read and write may return less than the whole amount
> requested for a number of reasons. So the idioms
> if (read(fd, &object, sizeof(object)) != sizeof(object)) goto fail;
> and even worse
> if (read(fd, &object, sizeof(object)) < 0) goto fail;
> are wrong. Additionally, read and write may sometimes return EINTR on
> some systems so interruption is not desired or expected a loop is
> needed.
>
> In the attached patch I introduce two new pairs of functions:
I think this fix should be applied because it corrects bugs which
might conceivably data loss.
Thanks,
Ian.
