Heikki Orsila <heikki.orsila@xxxxxx> writes: > Signed-off-by: Heikki Orsila <heikki.orsila@xxxxxx> > --- > git-compat-util.h | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h > index a18235e..7498bee 100644 > --- a/git-compat-util.h > +++ b/git-compat-util.h > @@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ static inline void *xmalloc(size_t size) > return ret; > } > > +/* > + * xmemdupz() allocates (len + 1) bytes of memory, duplicates "len" bytes of > + * "data" to the allocated memory, zero terminates the allocated memory, > + * and returns a pointer to the allocated memory. If the allocation fails, > + * the program dies. > + */ Ok. > static inline void *xmemdupz(const void *data, size_t len) > { > char *p = xmalloc(len + 1); > @@ -329,6 +335,11 @@ static inline void *xmmap(void *start, size_t length, > return ret; > } > > +/* > + * 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. > + */ Ok. > static inline ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len) > { > ssize_t nr; > @@ -340,6 +351,9 @@ static inline ssize_t xread(int fd, void *buf, size_t len) > } > } > > +/* > + * xwrite() is similar to xread() > + */ Well, up to "how recoverable errors are handled" they may be similar but would the last sentence apply to it as well, or does it need rewording? > static inline ssize_t xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len) > { > ssize_t nr; > -- > 1.5.4.4 -- 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