write

Version

• Linux v5.8.13

Abstract

long sys_write(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf, size_t count);

Arguments

Return

Definitions

sys_write()

• file: fs/read_write.c

SYSCALL_DEFINE3(write, unsigned int, fd, const char __user *, buf,
		size_t, count)
{
	return ksys_write(fd, buf, count);
}

ksys_write()

ssize_t ksys_write(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf, size_t count)
{
	struct fd f = fdget_pos(fd);
	ssize_t ret = -EBADF;

	if (f.file) {
		loff_t pos, *ppos = file_ppos(f.file);
		if (ppos) {
			pos = *ppos;
			ppos = &pos;
		}
		ret = vfs_write(f.file, buf, count, ppos);
		if (ret >= 0 && ppos)
			f.file->f_pos = pos;
		fdput_pos(f);
	}

	return ret;
}

Examples