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| -rw-r--r-- | src/fe_utils/astreamer_gzip.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/fe_utils/astreamer_gzip.c b/src/fe_utils/astreamer_gzip.c index ed9ec50fedd..0d12b9bce7a 100644 --- a/src/fe_utils/astreamer_gzip.c +++ b/src/fe_utils/astreamer_gzip.c @@ -86,9 +86,16 @@ static const astreamer_ops astreamer_gzip_decompressor_ops = { * Create a astreamer that just compresses data using gzip, and then writes * it to a file. * - * As in the case of astreamer_plain_writer_new, pathname is always used - * for error reporting purposes; if file is NULL, it is also the opened and - * closed so that the data may be written there. + * The caller must specify a pathname and may specify a file. The pathname is + * used for error-reporting purposes either way. If file is NULL, the pathname + * also identifies the file to which the data should be written: it is opened + * for writing and closed when done. If file is not NULL, the data is written + * there. + * + * Note that zlib does not use the FILE interface, but operates directly on + * a duplicate of the underlying fd. Hence, callers must take care if they + * plan to write any other data to the same FILE, either before or after using + * this. */ astreamer * astreamer_gzip_writer_new(char *pathname, FILE *file, @@ -112,6 +119,10 @@ astreamer_gzip_writer_new(char *pathname, FILE *file, } else { + /* + * We must dup the file handle so that gzclose doesn't break the + * caller's FILE. See comment for astreamer_gzip_writer_finalize. + */ int fd = dup(fileno(file)); if (fd < 0) |