source: patches/tar-1.21-revert_pipe_drain-1.patch@ 4e1dce4

src/buffer.c

@@ -848 +848 @@
         flush_archive ();
     }
 
+  sys_drain_input_pipe ();
+
   compute_duration ();
   if (verify_option)
     verify_volume ();
@@ -855 +857 @@
   if (rmtclose (archive) != 0)
     close_error (*archive_name_cursor);
 
-  sys_wait_for_child (child_pid, hit_eof);
+  sys_wait_for_child (child_pid);
 
   tar_stat_destroy (&current_stat_info);
   if (save_name)

src/common.h

@@ -699 +699 @@
 
 void sys_detect_dev_null_output (void);
 void sys_save_archive_dev_ino (void);
-void sys_wait_for_child (pid_t, bool);
+void sys_drain_input_pipe (void);
+void sys_wait_for_child (pid_t);
 void sys_spawn_shell (void);
 bool sys_compare_uid (struct stat *a, struct stat *b);
 bool sys_compare_gid (struct stat *a, struct stat *b);

src/system.c

@@ -1 +1 @@
 /* System-dependent calls for tar.
 
-   Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
-   2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -52 +51 @@
 }
 
 void
-sys_wait_for_child (pid_t child_pid, bool eof)
+sys_drain_input_pipe (void)
+{
+}
+
+void
+sys_wait_for_child (pid_t child_pid)
 {
 }
 
@@ -156 +160 @@
                          && archive_stat.st_ino == dev_null_stat.st_ino));
 }
 
+/* Manage to fully drain a pipe we might be reading, so to not break it on
+   the producer after the EOF block.  FIXME: one of these days, GNU tar
+   might become clever enough to just stop working, once there is no more
+   work to do, we might have to revise this area in such time.  */
+
+void
+sys_drain_input_pipe (void)
+{
+  size_t r;
+
+  if (access_mode == ACCESS_READ
+      && ! _isrmt (archive)
+      && (S_ISFIFO (archive_stat.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK (archive_stat.st_mode)))
+    while ((r = rmtread (archive, record_start->buffer, record_size)) != 0
+           && r != SAFE_READ_ERROR)
+      continue;
+}
+
 void
-sys_wait_for_child (pid_t child_pid, bool eof)
+sys_wait_for_child (pid_t child_pid)
 {
   if (child_pid)
     {
@@ -171 +193 @@
           }
 
       if (WIFSIGNALED (wait_status))
-        {
-          int sig = WTERMSIG (wait_status);
-          if (!(!eof && sig == SIGPIPE))
-            ERROR ((0, 0, _("Child died with signal %d"), sig));
-        }
+        ERROR ((0, 0, _("Child died with signal %d"),
+                WTERMSIG (wait_status)));
       else if (WEXITSTATUS (wait_status) != 0)
         ERROR ((0, 0, _("Child returned status %d"),
                 WEXITSTATUS (wait_status)));