[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] char: introduce a blocking version of qemu_chr_fe_write

[Anthony Liguori]

Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <address@hidden>
---
 include/char/char.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
 qemu-char.c         | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/char/char.h b/include/char/char.h
index 0326b2a..5c3a7a5 100644
--- a/include/char/char.h
+++ b/include/char/char.h
@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ int qemu_chr_fe_add_watch(CharDriverState *s, GIOCondition 
cond,
 int qemu_chr_fe_write(CharDriverState *s, const uint8_t *buf, int len);
 
 /**
+ * @qemu_chr_fe_write_all:
+ *
+ * Write data to a character backend from the front end.  This function will
+ * send data from the front end to the back end.  Unlike @qemu_chr_fe_write,
+ * this function will block if the back end cannot consume all of the data
+ * attempted to be written.
+ *
+ * @buf the data
+ * @len the number of bytes to send
+ *
+ * Returns: the number of bytes consumed
+ */
+int qemu_chr_fe_write_all(CharDriverState *s, const uint8_t *buf, int len);
+
+/**
  * @qemu_chr_fe_ioctl:
  *
  * Issue a device specific ioctl to a backend.
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index 4e011df..936150f 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -140,6 +140,33 @@ int qemu_chr_fe_write(CharDriverState *s, const uint8_t 
*buf, int len)
     return s->chr_write(s, buf, len);
 }
 
+int qemu_chr_fe_write_all(CharDriverState *s, const uint8_t *buf, int len)
+{
+    int offset = 0;
+    int res;
+
+    while (offset < len) {
+        do {
+            res = s->chr_write(s, buf + offset, len - offset);
+            if (res == -1 && errno == EAGAIN) {
+                g_usleep(100);
+            }
+        } while (res == -1 && errno == EAGAIN);
+
+        if (res == 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (res < 0) {
+            return res;
+        }
+
+        offset += res;
+    }
+
+    return offset;
+}
+
 int qemu_chr_fe_ioctl(CharDriverState *s, int cmd, void *arg)
 {
     if (!s->chr_ioctl)
-- 
1.8.0