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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1997-09-30 17:10:40 +0000
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1997-09-30 18:03 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * Makerules: Undo last change. * csu/Makefile: Define before-compile at the right place. * aclocal.m4: Remove a.out file created by assembler test. * set-init.c: Find set-hooks.h using <...>. Update to db 2.3.10. * db2/Makefile: Update. * db2/db.h: Likewise. * db2/db_185.h: Likewise. * db2/db_int.h: Likewise. * db2/btree/bt_close.c: Likewise. * db2/btree/bt_conv.c: Likewise. * db2/btree/bt_cursor.c: Likewise. * db2/btree/bt_put.c: Likewise. * db2/btree/bt_rec.c: Likewise. * db2/btree/bt_recno.c: Likewise. * db2/btree/btree.src: Likewise. * db2/btree/btree_auto.c: Likewise. * db2/clib/getlong.c: Likewise. * db2/db/db.c: Likewise. * db2/db/db_auto.c: Likewise. * db2/db/db_conv.c: Likewise. * db2/db/db_pr.c: Likewise. * db2/db/db_ret.c: Likewise. * db2/db/db_thread.c: Likewise. * db2/hash/hash.c: Likewise. * db2/hash/hash_auto.c: Likewise. * db2/hash/hash_conv.c: Likewise. * db2/hash/hash_dup.c: Likewise. * db2/hash/hash_func.c: Likewise. * db2/hash/hash_page.c: Likewise. * db2/hash/hash_rec.c: Likewise. * db2/include/btree.h: Likewise. * db2/include/btree_ext.h: Likewise. * db2/include/db.h.src: Likewise. * db2/include/db_185.h.src: Likewise. * db2/include/db_cxx.h: Likewise. * db2/include/db_ext.h: Likewise. * db2/include/db_int.h.src: Likewise. * db2/include/db_page.h: Likewise. * db2/include/db_shash.h: Likewise. * db2/include/lock.h: Likewise. * db2/include/log.h: Likewise. * db2/include/log_ext.h: Likewise. * db2/include/mp.h: Likewise. * db2/include/shqueue.h: Likewise. * db2/include/txn.h: Likewise. * db2/lock/lock.c: Likewise. * db2/lock/lock_deadlock.c: Likewise. * db2/log/log.c: Likewise. * db2/log/log_archive.c: Likewise. * db2/log/log_auto.c: Likewise. * db2/log/log_get.c: Likewise. * db2/log/log_put.c: Likewise. * db2/log/log_register.c: Likewise. * db2/mp/mp_bh.c: Likewise. * db2/mp/mp_fget.c: Likewise. * db2/mp/mp_fopen.c: Likewise. * db2/mp/mp_fput.c: Likewise. * db2/mp/mp_fset.c: Likewise. * db2/mp/mp_open.c: Likewise. * db2/mutex/mutex.c: Likewise. * db2/os/db_os_dir.c: Likewise. * db2/progs/db_checkpoint/db_checkpoint.c: Likewise. * db2/progs/db_deadlock/db_deadlock.c: Likewise. * db2/progs/db_dump185/db_dump185.c: Likewise. * db2/progs/db_load/db_load.c: Likewise. * db2/progs/db_recover/db_recover.c: Likewise. * db2/txn/txn.c: Likewise. * db2/txn/txn_auto.c: Likewise. * elf/link.h: Define struct libname_list outside struct link_map to not confuse C++ compilers. * include/features.h: Recognize _XOPEN_SOURCE == 500 and set __USE_UNIX98. * manual/creature.texi: Explain this. * libc.map: Add new functions. * libio/Makefile (routines): Add fseeko and ftello. * libio/ftello.c: New file. * libio/fseeko.c: New file. * libio/stdio.h: Add prototypes for new functions. * manual/stdio.texi: Document fseeko and ftello. * posix/Makefile (routines): Add pread and pwrite. * sysdeps/posix/pread.c: New file. * sysdeps/posix/pwrite.c: New file. * sysdeps/stub/pread.c: New file. * sysdeps/stub/pwrite.c: New file. * posix/unistd.h: Add prototypes for pread and pwrite. Pretty print header. Define gid_t, uid_t, off_t, pid_t if __USE_UNIX98. Declare ctermid and cuserid if __USE_UNIX98. (swab): Change to take void * arguments. * string/swab.c: Change parameter to void *. * posix/sys/types: Define gid_t, uid_t, off_t, pid_t only if not already happened. * manual/llio.texi: Document pread and pwrite. * string/strings.h: Don't simply include string.h. Define BSD functions according to Unix98. * stdlib/tst-strtol.c: Include <string.h> not <strings.h>. * sunrpc/clnt_simp.c: Likewise. * malloc/Makefile (aux): Add set-freeres. * malloc/mtrace.c: Define function release_libc_mem which calls the __libc_subfreeres handler. (mtrace): Register release_libc_mem. * malloc/set-freeres.c: New file. * intl/dcgettext.c: Define free_mem function and add to __libc_subfreeres list. * intl/finddomain.c: Likewise. * intl/gettextP.h (struct loaded_domain): Add new fields use_mmap and mmap_size. Add prototype for _nl_unloaded_domain. * intl/loadmsgcat.c: Define new function _nl_unload_domain. (_nl_load_domain): Store informaiton about mmap use and file size. * intl/localealias.c (read_alias_file): Optimize locale alias file reading by avoid frequen mallocs. Define free_mem function and add to __libc_subfreeres list. * locale/localeinfo.h: Make a difference between MAX_USAGE_COUNT and undeletable. Add prototype for _nl_unload_locale. * locale/C-collate: Mark data as undeletable by using UNDELETABLE. * locale/C-ctype: Likewise. * locale/C-messages: Likewise. * locale/C-monetary: Likewise. * locale/C-numeric: Likewise. * locale/C-time: Likewise. * locale/findlocale.c (_nl_find_locale, _nl_remove_locale): Handle MAX_USAGE_COUNT and UNDELETABLE. (free_mem): New function. Add it to __libc_subfreeres list. * locale/loadlocale.c: Define _nl_unload_locale function. * misc/hsearch.c: Register hdestroy in __libc_subfreeres list. * stdlib/fmtmsg.c (addseverity): Handle illegal severity arguments correctly Define free_mem function and add to __libc_subfreeres list. * locale/programs/localedef.c (options): short form os verbose is v. Reported by Andreas Jaeger. * misc/sys/select.h: Define pselect only is __USE_POSIX since this header is used in some others as well for historical reasons. * resolv/resolv.h: Include <netinet/in.h> to make self-contained. * string/bits/string2.h: Add missing braces and optimize strcmp a bit more. * sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/string.h: Likewise. * sunrpc/rpc/auth_des.h: Include rpc/auth.h to be self-contained. Pretty print. * sysdeps/mach/hurd/cthreads.c: Add copyright text. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Correct prctl entry. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/mman.h: Get definition of size_t. * time/time.h: Pretty print. 1997-09-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> * time/strftime.c: Synchronize with GNU Emacs strftime.c. (HAVE_MEMCPY): Define if emacs is defined and HAVE_BCOPY isn't. (gmtime_r, localtime_r): Undef before defining. (iso_week_days): Use __inline__, not inline. 1997-09-27 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/bits/mathinline.h: Rename exp2{,l,f} to __ieee754_exp2{,l,f}. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_exp2.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_exp2l.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_exp2f.c: Likewise. 1997-09-27 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> * elf/soinit.c (__EH_FRAME_BEGIN__): Don't make the .eh_frame section read-only, it contains relocations. * elf/sofini.c (__FRAME_END__): Likewise. 1997-09-29 03:08 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/string.h [__PIC__] (__strspn_cg, __strcspn_cg, __strpbrk_cg, __strstr_cg): Optimize even more. No spill register needed. Patch by NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@mri.co.jp>. 1997-09-28 08:27 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de> * nis/nis_call.c (__do_niscall2): Fix return code, add missing break in switch case. * nis/nis_mkdir.c: Fix return codes to match Solaris version. * nis/nis_rmdir.c: Likewise. * nis/rpcsvc/yp_prot.h: Rename struct keydat to struct keydat_t for C++. 1997-09-28 04:32 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * configure.in: Fix typo. Patch by Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu>. 1997-09-25 20:14 Philip Blundell <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/scsi/sg.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile: Install <scsi/sg.h>.
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@@ -301,6 +301,35 @@ The @code{read} function is the underlying primitive for all of the
functions that read from streams, such as @code{fgetc}.
@end deftypefun
+@comment unistd.h
+@comment Unix98
+@deftypefun ssize_t pread (int @var{filedes}, void *@var{buffer}, size_t @var{size}, off_t @var{offset})
+The @code{pread} function is similar to the @code{read} function. The
+first three arguments are identical and also the return values and error
+codes correspond.
+
+The difference is the fourth argument and its handling. The data block
+is not read from the current position of the file descriptor
+@code{filedes}. Instead the data is read from the file starting at
+position @var{offset}. The position of the file descriptor itself is
+not effected by the operation. The value is the same as before the call.
+
+The return value of @code{pread} describes the number of bytes read.
+In the error case it returns @math{-1} like @code{read} does and the
+error codes are also the same. Only there are a few more error codes:
+@table @code
+@item EINVAL
+The value given for @var{offset} is negative and therefore illegal.
+
+@item ESPIPE
+The file descriptor @var{filedes} is associate with a pipe or a FIFO and
+this device does not allow positioning of the file pointer.
+@end table
+
+The function is an extension defined in the Unix Single Specification
+version 2.
+@end deftypefun
+
@cindex writing to a file descriptor
@comment unistd.h
@comment POSIX.1
@@ -320,8 +349,10 @@ storage immediately. You can use @code{fsync} when you need to be sure
your data has been permanently stored before continuing. (It is more
efficient for the system to batch up consecutive writes and do them all
at once when convenient. Normally they will always be written to disk
-within a minute or less.)
-@c !!! xref fsync
+within a minute or less.) Modern systems provide another function
+@code{fdatasync} which guarantees integrity only for the file data and
+is therefore faster.
+@c !!! xref fsync, fdatasync
You can use the @code{O_FSYNC} open mode to make @code{write} always
store the data to disk before returning; @pxref{Operating Modes}.
@@ -392,6 +423,36 @@ The @code{write} function is the underlying primitive for all of the
functions that write to streams, such as @code{fputc}.
@end deftypefun
+@comment unistd.h
+@comment Unix98
+@deftypefun ssize_t pwrite (int @var{filedes}, const void *@var{buffer}, size_t @var{size}, off_t @var{offset})
+The @code{pwrite} function is similar to the @code{write} function. The
+first three arguments are identical and also the return values and error
+codes correspond.
+
+The difference is the fourth argument and its handling. The data block
+is not written to the current position of the file descriptor
+@code{filedes}. Instead the data is written to the file starting at
+position @var{offset}. The position of the file descriptor itself is
+not effected by the operation. The value is the same as before the call.
+
+The return value of @code{pwrite} describes the number of written bytes.
+In the error case it returns @math{-1} like @code{write} does and the
+error codes are also the same. Only there are a few more error codes:
+@table @code
+@item EINVAL
+The value given for @var{offset} is negative and therefore illegal.
+
+@item ESPIPE
+The file descriptor @var{filedes} is associate with a pipe or a FIFO and
+this device does not allow positioning of the file pointer.
+@end table
+
+The function is an extension defined in the Unix Single Specification
+version 2.
+@end deftypefun
+
+
@node File Position Primitive
@section Setting the File Position of a Descriptor