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Re: [Bug-readline] [PATCH] readline/histfile.c: Check and retry write() operation in history_truncate_file()
- From: Chen Gang <gang dot chen dot 5i5j at gmail dot com>
- To: chet dot ramey at case dot edu
- Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>, palves at redhat dot com, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, binutils at sourceware dot org, bug-readline at gnu dot org, amodra at gmail dot com
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:16:32 +0800
- Subject: Re: [Bug-readline] [PATCH] readline/histfile.c: Check and retry write() operation in history_truncate_file()
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And I guess, we can simply bypass this discussion, because the new fix
can process write() well and let history_truncate_file() never return -1.
Thanks.
On 06/23/2014 10:59 PM, Chen Gang wrote:
> On 06/23/2014 09:57 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:
>> On 6/21/14, 10:01 PM, Chen Gang wrote:
>>
>>>> history_truncate_file will never return -1.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hmm... do you mean:
>>>
>>> "for regular file, write() never return 0, if parameter 'count' > 0?"
>>>
>
> I am not quite sure whether it is true, in my experience, it should be
> true, but I have no any proofs for it (if you have, welcome to supply).
>
> thank.
>
>>> or
>>>
>>> "if write() return 0, can also return 0 to history_truncate_file()?".
>>
>
> For me, if write() could return 0, when it happened, we had to process the
> case within history_truncate_file(), could not only return 0 to indicate
> all things go on well.
>
>
>> Both of those things are true, but neither is what I said above.
>>
>
> If both of those things are not true, what your originally said above
> are not true, either.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
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Chen Gang
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