sysdeps/posix/readv.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
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  17    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  18
  19 #include <stdlib.h>
  20 #include <unistd.h>
  21 #include <string.h>
  22 #include <sys/uio.h>
  23
  24 /* Read data from file descriptor FD, and put the result in the
  25    buffers described by VECTOR, which is a vector of COUNT `struct iovec's.
  26    The buffers are filled in the order specified.
  27    Operates just like `read' (see <unistd.h>) except that data are
  28    put in VECTOR instead of a contiguous buffer.  */
  29 ssize_t
  30 readv (fd, vector, count)
  31      int fd;
  32      const struct iovec *vector;
  33      int count;
  34 {
  35   char *buffer;
  36   size_t bytes;
  37   int bytes_read;
  38   int i;
  39
  40   /* Find the total number of bytes to be read.  */
  41   bytes = 0;
  42   for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
  43     bytes += vector[i].iov_len;
  44
  45   /* Allocate a temporary buffer to hold the data.  */
  46   buffer = (char *) __alloca (bytes);
  47
  48   /* Read the data.  */
  49   bytes_read = read (fd, buffer, bytes);
  50   if (bytes_read <= 0)
  51     return -1;
  52
  53   /* Copy the data from BUFFER into the memory specified by VECTOR.  */
  54   bytes = bytes_read;
  55   for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
  56     {
  57 #define min(a, b)       ((a) > (b) ? (b) : (a))
  58       size_t copy = min (vector[i].iov_len, bytes);
  59
  60       (void) memcpy ((void *) vector[i].iov_base, (void *) buffer, copy);
  61
  62       buffer += copy;
  63       bytes -= copy;
  64       if (bytes == 0)
  65         break;
  66     }
  67
  68   return bytes_read;
  69 }