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authorLeah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>2026-03-03 22:59:38 +0000
committerLeah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>2026-03-03 23:00:17 +0000
commit75bcc46de43b903f043ad8bdf94ee3c7108a546a (patch)
tree737dc0bbd02d39f8b8eff9ac5a7286c98dec803d /util
parent7a62ad3f62df6c51c51f958d32711f7b371b7140 (diff)
util/nvmutil: comment valid_read for clarity
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'util')
-rw-r--r--util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
index 59274f07..0ccf6ff0 100644
--- a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
+++ b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ static int
valid_read(const char *rpath, ssize_t rval, size_t rsize, int retry)
{
if (rval == (ssize_t) rsize)
- return 1;
+ return 1; /* Successful read */
+
if (rval != -1)
err(ECANCELED, "Short read, %zd: %s", rval, rpath);
if (errno != EINTR)
@@ -391,6 +392,10 @@ valid_read(const char *rpath, ssize_t rval, size_t rsize, int retry)
if (retry == MAX_RETRY_READ - 1)
err(EINTR, "read: max retries exceeded: %s", rpath);
+ /*
+ * Bad read, with errno EINTR (syscall interrupted).
+ * Reset the error state and try again.
+ */
errno = 0;
return 0;
}