glibc/sysdeps/posix/writev.c

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

/* Write data pointed by the buffers described by VECTOR, which
   is a vector of COUNT `struct iovec's, to file descriptor FD.
   The data is written in the order specified.
   Operates just like `write' (see <unistd.h>) except that the data
   are taken from VECTOR instead of a contiguous buffer.  */
ssize_t
__writev (fd, vector, count)
     int fd;
     const struct iovec *vector;
     int count;
{
  char *buffer;
  register char *bp;
  size_t bytes, to_copy;
  int i;

  /* Find the total number of bytes to be written.  */
  bytes = 0;
  for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
    bytes += vector[i].iov_len;

  /* Allocate a temporary buffer to hold the data.  */
  buffer = (char *) __alloca (bytes);

  /* Copy the data into BUFFER.  */
  to_copy = bytes;
  bp = buffer;
  for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
    {
#define	min(a, b)	((a) > (b) ? (b) : (a))
      size_t copy = min (vector[i].iov_len, to_copy);

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

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

  return __write (fd, buffer, bytes);
}
#ifndef __writev
weak_alias (__writev, writev)
#endif