msvcrt: fread: fill buffer on small reads

[Duane Clark]

Markus Amsler wrote:
> Duane Clark wrote:
>> Alexandre Julliard wrote:
>>> Markus Amsler <markus.amsler at oribi.org> writes:
>>>
>>>>  
>>>> +  /* fill empty buffer on small reads */
>>>> +  if(!file->_cnt && rcnt <= MSVCRT_BUFSIZ) {
>>>> +    MSVCRT__filbuf(file);
>>>> +    /* reset internal buffer */
>>>> +    file->_cnt++;
>>>> +    file->_ptr = file->_base;
>>>> +  }
>>> You need to handle errors properly, and MSVCRT__filbuf is probably not
>>> the most appropriate thing to use here, a simple read would be
>>> better.
>>>
>> Are you referring to _read() or read_i()? Those don't have an 
>> associated internal file buffer/cache (I guess because they don't have 
>> an associated file->_cnt and _ptr). Or were you referring to some 
>> other read call?
>>
>> fread already does a _read() once it determines the current buffer is 
>> empty.
> 
> I'm also not sure which read you mean. But i assumed some sort of 
> stripped down inline MSVCRT__filbuf with read_i.
> 

You probably want to continue to use _read(), since that handles the 
difference between text and binary file operations. Go ahead and take a 
shot at an implementation.

Make sure to run the file tests in the tests directory to verify that 
they all still pass.