diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc index 354165432c..bf2954f534 100644 --- a/src/libutil/util.cc +++ b/src/libutil/util.cc @@ -305,7 +305,10 @@ void readFull(int fd, unsigned char * buf, size_t count) while (count) { checkInterrupt(); ssize_t res = read(fd, (char *) buf, count); - if (res == -1) throw SysError("reading from file"); + if (res == -1) { + if (errno == EINTR) continue; + throw SysError("reading from file"); + } if (res == 0) throw Error("unexpected end-of-file"); count -= res; buf += res; @@ -318,7 +321,10 @@ void writeFull(int fd, const unsigned char * buf, size_t count) while (count) { checkInterrupt(); ssize_t res = write(fd, (char *) buf, count); - if (res == -1) throw SysError("writing to file"); + if (res == -1) { + if (errno == EINTR) continue; + throw SysError("writing to file"); + } count -= res; buf += res; } @@ -397,6 +403,11 @@ volatile sig_atomic_t _isInterrupted = 0; void _interrupted() { - _isInterrupted = 0; - throw Error("interrupted by the user"); + /* Block user interrupts while an exception is being handled. + Throwing an exception while another exception is being handled + kills the program! */ + if (!uncaught_exception()) { + _isInterrupted = 0; + throw Error("interrupted by the user"); + } }