glibc/sysdeps/posix/readv.c

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>

/* Read data from file descriptor FD, and put the result in the
   buffers described by VECTOR, which is a vector of COUNT `struct iovec's.
   The buffers are filled in the order specified.
   Operates just like `read' (see <unistd.h>) except that data are
   put in VECTOR instead of a contiguous buffer.  */
ssize_t
__readv (fd, vector, count)
     int fd;
     const struct iovec *vector;
     int count;
{
  char *buffer;
  char *buffer_start;
  size_t bytes;
  ssize_t bytes_read;
  int i;
  bool use_malloc = false;

  /* Find the total number of bytes to be read.  */
  bytes = 0;
  for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
    {
      /* Check for ssize_t overflow.  */
      if (SSIZE_MAX - bytes < vector[i].iov_len)
	{
	  errno = EINVAL;
	  return -1;
	}
      bytes += vector[i].iov_len;
    }

  /* Allocate a temporary buffer to hold the data.  We should normally
     use alloca since it's faster and does not require synchronization
     with other threads.  But we cannot if the amount of memory
     required is too large.  Use 512k as the limit.  */
  if (bytes < 512 * 1024)
    buffer = (char *) __alloca (bytes);
  else
    {
      buffer = (char *) malloc (bytes);
      if (buffer == NULL)
	/* XXX I don't know whether it is acceptable to try reading
	   the data in chunks.  Probably not so we just fail here.  */
	return -1;

      use_malloc = true;
    }

  /* Read the data.  */
  bytes_read = __read (fd, buffer, bytes);
  if (bytes_read <= 0)
    return -1;

  /* Copy the data from BUFFER into the memory specified by VECTOR.  */
  bytes = bytes_read;
  buffer_start = buffer;
  for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
    {
      size_t copy = MIN (vector[i].iov_len, bytes);

      (void) memcpy ((void *) vector[i].iov_base, (void *) buffer, copy);

      buffer += copy;
      bytes -= copy;
      if (bytes == 0)
	break;
    }

  if (use_malloc)
    free (buffer_start);

  return bytes_read;
}
#ifndef __readv
weak_alias (__readv, readv)
#endif