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+/*
+ * No copyright is claimed.  This code is in the public domain; do with
+ * it what you wish.
+ *
+ * Written by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+ *            Petr Uzel <petr.uzel@suse.cz>
+ */
+
+#ifndef UTIL_LINUX_ALL_IO_H
+#define UTIL_LINUX_ALL_IO_H
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "c.h"
+
+static inline int write_all(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	while (count) {
+		ssize_t tmp;
+
+		errno = 0;
+		tmp = write(fd, buf, count);
+		if (tmp > 0) {
+			count -= tmp;
+			if (count)
+				buf = (void *) ((char *) buf + tmp);
+		} else if (errno != EINTR && errno != EAGAIN)
+			return -1;
+		if (errno == EAGAIN)	/* Try later, *sigh* */
+			usleep(10000);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int fwrite_all(const void *ptr, size_t size,
+			     size_t nmemb, FILE *stream)
+{
+	while (nmemb) {
+		size_t tmp;
+
+		errno = 0;
+		tmp = fwrite(ptr, size, nmemb, stream);
+		if (tmp > 0) {
+			nmemb -= tmp;
+			if (nmemb)
+				ptr = (void *) ((char *) ptr + (tmp * size));
+		} else if (errno != EINTR && errno != EAGAIN)
+			return -1;
+		if (errno == EAGAIN)	/* Try later, *sigh* */
+			usleep(10000);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline ssize_t read_all(int fd, char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	ssize_t ret;
+	ssize_t c = 0;
+	int tries = 0;
+
+	memset(buf, 0, count);
+	while (count > 0) {
+		ret = read(fd, buf, count);
+		if (ret <= 0) {
+			if ((errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR || ret == 0) &&
+			    (tries++ < 5))
+				continue;
+			return c ? c : -1;
+		}
+		if (ret > 0)
+			tries = 0;
+		count -= ret;
+		buf += ret;
+		c += ret;
+	}
+	return c;
+}
+
+
+#endif /* UTIL_LINUX_ALL_IO_H */