SCSI tape data loss

[Justin T. Gibbs]

> What is clear from the output is that the write()
> is returning a -1 status. errno could possibly be 0,
> in which case I set it to ENOSPC, if it is not 0
> then it is ENOSPC judging by the error message that
> is printed "Write error on device ...".
> 
> You may want to see more, but here is the basic code
> that does the write:
>    if ((uint32_t)(stat=write(dev->fd, block->buf, (size_t)wlen)) !=
> wlen) {
>       /* We should check for errno == ENOSPC, BUT many 
>        * devices simply report EIO when it is full.
>        * with a little more thought we may be able to check
>        * capacity and distinguish real errors and EOT
>        * conditions.  In any case, we probably want to
>        * simulate an End of Medium.
>        */
>       clrerror_dev(dev, -1);

Apart from the funny casting, the only obvious bug is that you
are expecting errno to be set on every syscall.  Errno is only
valid if stat == -1 or you explicitly clear it prior to the
syscall (or after the last time it was set).  You don't seem
to be doing that here.

See the errno man page for details

--
Justin