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Re: [PATCH 1/2] prefer xwrite instead of write

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 17, 2014, 20:02 UTC
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<20140117200236.GA18964@google.com>
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
>> Shouldn't this use write_in_full() to avoid a silently truncated result? (*)
>
> Meaning this?  If so, I think it makes sense.
[...]
> -	if (xwrite(fd, out.buf, out.len) < 0)
> +	if (write_in_full(fd, out.buf, out.len) != out.len)

Yes. Either '< 0' or '!= out.len' would work fine here, since write_in_full is defined to always either write the full 'count' bytes or return an error.

Thanks, Jonathan

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  1. 1/2 prefer xwrite instead of writeErik Faye-Lund, Jan 17, 2014
  2. 2/2 mingw: remove mingw_writeErik Faye-Lund, Jan 17, 2014
  3. Jonathan NiederJan 17, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2014
  5. Erik Faye-LundJan 17, 2014
  6. Jonathan NiederJan 17, 2014
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