Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] oxenstored: fix short-write issue

[David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27/10/15 17:10, Wei Liu wrote:
> When oxenstored wrote to the ring, it wrote a chunk of contiguous data.
> Originally when it tried to write across ring boundary, it returned a
> short-write when there is still room.  That led to stalling mini-os's
> xenstore thread at times.
> 
> Fix this by calling write function for a second time when the first
> write completes partially.

What happens if the 1st write is short because there is not enough
space, and the 2nd write is short because of the ring wraparound?  You
will still stall.

David

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