On Feb 10, 2021, at 18:28, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 08:10:06PM -0500, Mouse wrote:
>>> It is possible for write() calls to fail partway through, after
>>> already having written some data.
>>
>> It is. As you note later, it's also possible for read().
>>
>> The rightest thing to do, it seems to me, would be to return the error
>> indication along with how much was successfully written (or read). But
>> that, of course, requires a completely new API, which I gather is more
>> intrusive than you want to get into here.
>
> I think it could be done with a signal in combination with the existing
> API.
From the application’s perspective of calling write() in libc, when there is
such an error the libc function could return a short response and set errno.
That doesn’t work so much for the kernel’s system call. I suppose libc could
set a default handler for the new signal, and do some extra work to set errno.
Apps that need more control can override the signal hander.
jf
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