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-rw-r--r--libbb/safe_write.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/safe_write.c b/libbb/safe_write.c
index 8f7628016..aad50f5e0 100644
--- a/libbb/safe_write.c
+++ b/libbb/safe_write.c
@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@ ssize_t FAST_FUNC safe_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
{
ssize_t n;
- do {
+ for (;;) {
n = write(fd, buf, count);
- } while (n < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+ if (n >= 0 || errno != EINTR)
+ break;
+ /* Some callers set errno=0, are upset when they see EINTR.
+ * Returning EINTR is wrong since we retry write(),
+ * the "error" was transient.
+ */
+ errno = 0;
+ /* repeat the write() */
+ }
return n;
}