Re: Cygwin 1.7: O_DIRECT read from raw devices returns EOF

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Nov 21 13:58, Christian Franke wrote:
> void
> fhandler_dev_floppy::raw_read (void *ptr, size_t& ulen)
> {
> ...
>   DWORD bytes_to_read = 0;
> ...
>   if (devbuf)
>     { /* !O_DIRECT ... */ }
>   else
>     {
>       _off64_t current_position = get_current_position ();
>       if (current_position + bytes_to_read >= drive_size)
> 	bytes_to_read = drive_size - current_position;
>       if (bytes_to_read && !read_file (p, len, &bytes_read, &ret))
> ...
> 
> In the O_DIRECT case, bytes_to_read is always 0.

Indeed.  Thanks for catching this bug!  I've checked in a patch.
Would you mind to give it a whirl?


Thanks again,
Corinna

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