glibc/sysdeps/posix/writev.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>

/* 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 (int fd, const struct iovec *vector, int count)
{
  char *buffer;
  register char *bp;
  size_t bytes, to_copy;
  ssize_t bytes_written;
  int i;
  bool use_malloc = false;

  /* Find the total number of bytes to be written.  */
  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 writing
	   the data in chunks.  Probably not so we just fail here.  */
	return -1;

      use_malloc = true;
    }

  /* Copy the data into BUFFER.  */
  to_copy = bytes;
  bp = buffer;
  for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
    {
      size_t copy = MIN (vector[i].iov_len, to_copy);

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

      to_copy -= copy;
      if (to_copy == 0)
	break;
    }

  bytes_written = __write (fd, buffer, bytes);

  if (use_malloc)
    free (buffer);

  return bytes_written;
}
#ifndef __writev
weak_alias (__writev, writev)
#endif