Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] builtin/index-pack.c: change xwrite to write_in_full to allow large sizes.

[Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>]

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 05:05:35PM -0500, Randall S. Becker wrote:
> From: "Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
>
> This change is required because some platforms do not support file writes of
> arbitrary sizes (e.g, NonStop). xwrite ends up truncating the output to the
> maximum single I/O size possible for the destination device.

Hmm. I'm not sure I understand what NonStop's behavior is here...

> diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
> index a3a37bd215..f80b8d101a 100644
> --- a/builtin/index-pack.c
> +++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
> @@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ static void final(const char *final_pack_name, const char *curr_pack_name,
>  		 * the last part of the input buffer to stdout.
>  		 */
>  		while (input_len) {
> -			err = xwrite(1, input_buffer + input_offset, input_len);
> +			err = write_in_full(1, input_buffer + input_offset, input_len);
>  			if (err <= 0)
>  				break;
>  			input_len -= err;
> --
> 2.42.1

The code above loops while input_len is non-zero, and correctly
decrements it by the number of bytes written by xwrite() after each
iteration.

Assuming that xwrite()/write(2) works how I think it does on NonStop,
I'm not sure I understand why this change is necessary.

Thanks,
Taylor