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 * Authors: Nathan Binkert
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#ifndef __BASE_ATOMICIO_HH__
#define __BASE_ATOMICIO_HH__

#include <unistd.h>

// These functions keep reading/writing, if possible, until all data
// has been transferred.  Basically, try again when there's no error,
// but there is data left also retry on EINTR.
// This function blocks until it is done.

ssize_t atomic_read(int fd, void *s, size_t n);
ssize_t atomic_write(int fd, const void *s, size_t n);

/**
 * Statically allocate a string and write it to a file descriptor.
 *
 * @warning The return value will from atomic_write will be ignored
 * which means that errors will be ignored. This is normally fine as
 * this macro is intended to be used in fatal signal handlers where
 * error handling might not be feasible.
 */
#define STATIC_MSG(fd, m)                                       \
    do {                                                        \
        static const char msg[] = m;                            \
        atomic_write(fd, msg, sizeof(msg) - 1);                 \
    } while(0)

/**
 * Statically allocate a string and write it to STDERR.
 *
 * @warning The return value will from atomic_write will be ignored
 * which means that errors will be ignored. This is normally fine as
 * this macro is intended to be used in fatal signal handlers where
 * error handling might not be feasible.
 */
#define STATIC_ERR(m) STATIC_MSG(STDERR_FILENO, m)

#endif // __BASE_ATOMICIO_HH__