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-rw-r--r--include/char/char.h15
-rw-r--r--qemu-char.c27
2 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/char/char.h b/include/char/char.h
index 0326b2a47b..5c3a7a5756 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 4e011df3ec..936150fa73 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)