Hi there,

 

We've seeing commits fail with EIO (5). Because this is not a very specific reason, I digged a bit into LMDB's code.

 

EIO ist actually also set by LMDB, e.g. if a pwrite does not write all bytes given to it. Code example:

 

    rc = EIO; /* TODO: Use which error code? */
    DPUTS("short write, filesystem full?");

 

The documentation of pwrite says, pwrite will write UP TO the given amount of bytes. Why are we not writing data in a loop (until all bytes are written, using offset and adjust length)? Are we sure that this would never help pwrite to succeed? Even if so, wouldn't we get a better error message when pwrite fails on the call after the partial write?

 

Secondly, we are also seeing MDB_INVALID, which could be caused by pread as used by mdb_env_read_header. Similarily, a sucessful pread may not read all requested bytes.

 

What do you think?

 

Thanks,

Markus