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(full_write): Add comment regarding failure due to bug in Linux Slackware 1.2.13 kernel.
author Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
date Sun, 15 Jun 1997 15:06:52 +0000
parents 8147b16806cd
children ace17b6e9d29
files lib/full-write.c
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lib/full-write.c
+++ b/lib/full-write.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* full-write.c -- an interface to write that retries after interrupts
-   Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
   while (len > 0)
     {
       int written = write (desc, ptr, len);
+      /* FIXME: write on my slackware Linux 1.2.13 returns zero when
+	 I try to write more data than there is room on a floppy disk.
+	 This puts dd into an infinite loop.  Reproduce with
+	 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0.  */
       if (written < 0)
 	{
 #ifdef EINTR