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Message-ID: <tip-838d14520267769648fb2fc2a637107a1d102590@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 4 Dec 2013 07:40:22 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Jiri Olsa <tipbot@...or.com>
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Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf tools: Fine tune readn function

Commit-ID:  838d14520267769648fb2fc2a637107a1d102590
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/838d14520267769648fb2fc2a637107a1d102590
Author:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:30:15 +0100
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 09:22:46 -0300

perf tools: Fine tune readn function

Added a 'left' variable to make the flow clearer, and added a debug
check for the return value - returning 'n' is more obvious.

Added small comment for readn.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Original-patch-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1385634619-8129-4-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/util.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 9440481..6ea0b4a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 
 /*
  * XXX We need to find a better place for these things...
@@ -151,21 +152,26 @@ unsigned long convert_unit(unsigned long value, char *unit)
 	return value;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Read exactly 'n' bytes or return an error.
+ */
 ssize_t readn(int fd, void *buf, size_t n)
 {
 	void *buf_start = buf;
+	size_t left = n;
 
-	while (n) {
-		ssize_t ret = read(fd, buf, n);
+	while (left) {
+		ssize_t ret = read(fd, buf, left);
 
 		if (ret <= 0)
 			return ret;
 
-		n -= ret;
-		buf += ret;
+		left -= ret;
+		buf  += ret;
 	}
 
-	return buf - buf_start;
+	BUG_ON((size_t)(buf - buf_start) != n);
+	return n;
 }
 
 size_t hex_width(u64 v)
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