void write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen)
{
- int fd;
+ int fd, saved_errno;
ssize_t numwritten;
+ if (buflen < 2)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Incorrect buffer len: %zu\n", buflen);
+
fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
if (fd == -1)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s open failed: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
numwritten = write(fd, buf, buflen - 1);
+ saved_errno = errno;
close(fd);
- if (numwritten < 1)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("Write failed\n");
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ if (numwritten < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s write(%.*s) failed: %s\n", path, (int)(buflen - 1),
+ buf, strerror(errno));
+ if (numwritten != buflen - 1)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s write(%.*s) is truncated, expected %zu bytes, got %zd bytes\n",
+ path, (int)(buflen - 1), buf, buflen - 1, numwritten);
}