Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> writes: > I personally think write_in_full() is totally mis-designed. If you are > ready to handle partial writes, you should use "xwrite()". If you're not > ready to handle partial writes, you should either use "write_or_die()", > _or_ you should expect a partial write to at least return an error code > (which is how "write_buffer()" works). > But that's not how write_in_full() actually works. Write-in-full does not > return an error for a partial write, it returns the partial size. > > Which is idiotic. It makes the function pointless. Just use xwrite() for > that. I agree 100% with the above reasoning. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html