# [PATCH] wrapper.c: simplify xread() and xwrite()

1 messages from 2010-04-04 to 2010-04-04. Participants: Tony Finch.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23333

## Tony Finch, 2010-04-04 22:06

Subject: [PATCH] wrapper.c: simplify xread() and xwrite()
Message-ID: <E1NyXy7-0005j7-14@hermes-2.csi.cam.ac.uk>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E1NyXy7-0005j7-14%40hermes-2.csi.cam.ac.uk

```
do/while is more straightforward than while(1)/if/continue/return.

Signed-off-by: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
---
 wrapper.c |   16 ++++++----------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index 9c71b21..f34f492 100644
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -116,12 +116,10 @@ void *xmmap(void *start, size_t length,
 ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	ssize_t nr;
-	while (1) {
+	do {
 		nr = read(fd, buf, len);
-		if ((nr < 0) && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR))
-			continue;
-		return nr;
-	}
+	} while ((nr < 0) && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR));
+	return nr;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -132,12 +130,10 @@ ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len)
 ssize_t xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	ssize_t nr;
-	while (1) {
+	do {
 		nr = write(fd, buf, len);
-		if ((nr < 0) && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR))
-			continue;
-		return nr;
-	}
+	} while ((nr < 0) && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR));
+	return nr;
 }
 
 ssize_t read_in_full(int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
-- 
1.6.2.1

```
