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-rw-r--r--osdep.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/osdep.c b/osdep.c
index 5bf3c00fd1..abbc8a2381 100644
--- a/osdep.c
+++ b/osdep.c
@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@ int qemu_open(const char *name, int flags, ...)
*
* Return the number of bytes transferred.
* Set errno if fewer than `count' bytes are written.
+ *
+ * This function don't work with non-blocking fd's.
+ * Any of the possibilities with non-bloking fd's is bad:
+ * - return a short write (then name is wrong)
+ * - busy wait adding (errno == EAGAIN) to the loop
*/
ssize_t qemu_write_full(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
{