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[PATCH 3/8] xread_nonblock: add functionality to read from fds without blocking

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Sep 28, 2015, 23:14 UTC
Message-ID
<1443482046-25569-4-git-send-email-sbeller@google.com>
In-Reply-To
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Provide a wrapper to read(), similar to xread(), that restarts on EINTR but not EAGAIN (or EWOULDBLOCK). This enables the caller to handle polling itself, possibly polling multiple sockets or performing some other action.

Helped-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 git-compat-util.h |  1 +
 wrapper.c         | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index c6d391f..9ccea85 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ extern void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
 extern void *xmmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset);
 extern void *xmmap_gently(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset);
 extern ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len);
+extern ssize_t xread_nonblock(int fd, void *buf, size_t len);
 extern ssize_t xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len);
 extern ssize_t xpread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset);
 extern int xdup(int fd);
diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index 5517928..41a21e1 100644
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -217,6 +217,28 @@ ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len)
 }
 
 /*
+ * xread_nonblock() is the same a read(), but it automatically restarts read()
+ * interrupted operations (EINTR). xread_nonblock() DOES NOT GUARANTEE that
+ * "len" bytes is read. EWOULDBLOCK is turned into EAGAIN.
+ */
+ssize_t xread_nonblock(int fd, void *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	ssize_t nr;
+	if (len > MAX_IO_SIZE)
+		len = MAX_IO_SIZE;
+	while (1) {
+		nr = read(fd, buf, len);
+		if (nr < 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
+			if (errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
+				errno = EAGAIN;
+		}
+		return nr;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
  * xwrite() is the same a write(), but it automatically restarts write()
  * operations with a recoverable error (EAGAIN and EINTR). xwrite() DOES NOT
  * GUARANTEE that "len" bytes is written even if the operation is successful.
-- 
2.5.0.273.g6fa2560.dirty
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  2. 1/8 submodule.c: write "Fetching submodule <foo>" to stderrStefan Beller, Sep 28, 2015
  3. 2/8 xread: poll on non blocking fdsStefan Beller, Sep 28, 2015
  4. 3/8 xread_nonblock: add functionality to read from fds without blockingStefan Beller, Sep 28, 2015
  5. 4/8 strbuf: add strbuf_read_once to read without blockingStefan Beller, Sep 28, 2015
  6. 5/8 sigchain: add command to pop all common signalsStefan Beller, Sep 28, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2015
  8. 6/8 run-command: add an asynchronous parallel child processorStefan Beller, Sep 28, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2015
  10. Stefan BellerSep 30, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2015
  12. 7/8 fetch_populated_submodules: use new parallel job processingStefan Beller, Sep 28, 2015
  13. 8/8 submodules: allow parallel fetching, add tests and documentationStefan Beller, Sep 28, 2015

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