Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@xxxxxx> writes: > diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c > index 6a015de..97e3cf7 100644 > --- a/wrapper.c > +++ b/wrapper.c > @@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size) > } > > /* > + * Limit size of IO chunks, because huge chunks only cause pain. OS X 64-bit > + * buggy, returning EINVAL if len >= INT_MAX; and even in the absense of bugs, s/buggy/is &/ perhaps? > + * large chunks can result in bad latencies when you decide to kill the > + * process. > + */ > +#define MAX_IO_SIZE (8*1024*1024) > + > +/* > * xread() is the same a read(), but it automatically restarts read() > * operations with a recoverable error (EAGAIN and EINTR). xread() > * DOES NOT GUARANTEE that "len" bytes is read even if the data is available. > @@ -138,6 +146,8 @@ void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size) > ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len) > { > ssize_t nr; > + if (len > MAX_IO_SIZE) > + len = MAX_IO_SIZE; > while (1) { > nr = read(fd, buf, len); > if ((nr < 0) && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR)) > @@ -154,6 +164,8 @@ ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len) > ssize_t xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len) > { > ssize_t nr; > + if (len > MAX_IO_SIZE) > + len = MAX_IO_SIZE; > while (1) { > nr = write(fd, buf, len); > if ((nr < 0) && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR)) -- 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