On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 12:54:07AM +0100, Nix wrote:
> The code which calls new_do_write() looks like this:
>
> ,----[ libio/fileops.c:_IO_new_file_xsputn() ]
> | if (do_write)
> | {
> | count = new_do_write (f, s, do_write);
> | to_do -= count;
> | if (count < do_write)
> | return n - to_do;
> | }
> `----
>
> This code handles partial writes followed by errors by returning a
> suitable nonzero value, and immediate errors by returning -1.
>
> In either case the buffer will have been filled as much as possible by
> that point, and will still be filled when (vf)printf() is next called.
OK, I'm a little lost at this point (what's n? What's to_do?), but I'll
take your word for it.
I'd be kinda curious when exactly the behavior changed and why.
Also I suppose we should check which version of nfs-utils that fix is in
and make sure distributions are getting the fixed nfs-utils before they
get the new libc, or we're going to see this bug a lot....
> This behaviour is, IIRC, mandated by the C Standard: I can find no
> reference in the Standard to streams being flushed on error, only
> on fclose(), fflush(), or program termination.
OK!
Let me know if the problem's fixed.
--b.
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