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-rw-r--r--tools.c25
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 0aa75d4b..1d60f8c4 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1125,3 +1125,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
- Fixed restoring CICAM setup values for a fourth DVB card.
- Completed internationalization of OSD texts (thanks to Hannu Savolainen,
Arnold Niessen, Paulo Lopes).
+- Improved file I/O in case of EINTR, which may occur e.g. with heavy system
+ load (thanks to Werner Fink).
diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
index 3764a644..21a91dc1 100644
--- a/tools.c
+++ b/tools.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
* See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
* how to reach the author.
*
- * $Id: tools.c 1.59 2002/02/17 12:57:23 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.c 1.60 2002/03/22 15:18:58 kls Exp $
*/
#include "tools.h"
@@ -33,14 +33,21 @@ ssize_t safe_read(int filedes, void *buffer, size_t size)
ssize_t safe_write(int filedes, const void *buffer, size_t size)
{
- for (;;) {
- ssize_t p = write(filedes, buffer, size);
- if (p < 0 && errno == EINTR) {
- dsyslog(LOG_INFO, "EINTR while writing to file handle %d - retrying", filedes);
- continue;
- }
- return p;
- }
+ ssize_t p = -1;
+ const unsigned char *ptr = (const unsigned char *)buffer;
+ while (size > 0) {
+ p = write(filedes, ptr, size);
+ if (p < 0) {
+ if (errno == EINTR) {
+ dsyslog(LOG_INFO, "EINTR while writing to file handle %d - retrying", filedes);
+ continue;
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ ptr += p;
+ size -= p;
+ }
+ return p;
}
void writechar(int filedes, char c)