File procps-3.2.7-readeof.patch of Package procps

--- proc/readproc.c
+++ proc/readproc.c	2006-07-28 11:20:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int file2str(const char *director
     int fd, num_read;
 
     sprintf(filename, "%s/%s", directory, what);
-    fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY, 0);
+    fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY, O_NOATIME);
     if(unlikely(fd==-1)) return -1;
     num_read = read(fd, ret, cap - 1);
     close(fd);
@@ -421,40 +421,58 @@ static int file2str(const char *director
     return num_read;
 }
 
+#define PROC_READ_MAY_EINTR	0		/* AFAIK reading /proc can catch EINTR
+						 * or ERESTARTSYS and therefore read
+						 * can be shorten before reaching EOF ?? */
+
 static char** file2strvec(const char* directory, const char* what) {
     char buf[2048];	/* read buf bytes at a time */
-    char *p, *rbuf = 0, *endbuf, **q, **ret;
-    int fd, tot = 0, n, c, end_of_file = 0;
-    int align;
+    char *p, *rbuf = (char*)0, *endbuf, **q, **ret;
+    int fd, c;
+    ssize_t n, align, tot = 0;
 
     sprintf(buf, "%s/%s", directory, what);
-    fd = open(buf, O_RDONLY, 0);
+    fd = open(buf, O_RDONLY, O_NOATIME);
     if(fd==-1) return NULL;
 
     /* read whole file into a memory buffer, allocating as we go */
-    while ((n = read(fd, buf, sizeof buf - 1)) > 0) {
-	if (n < (int)(sizeof buf - 1))
-	    end_of_file = 1;
-	if (n == 0 && rbuf == 0)
-	    return NULL;	/* process died between our open and read */
+    do {
+	n = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
 	if (n < 0) {
-	    if (rbuf)
-		free(rbuf);
-	    return NULL;	/* read error */
+#if defined(PROC_READ_MAY_EINTR) && (PROC_READ_MAY_EINTR > 0)
+	    if (errno == EINTR)
+		continue;
+#endif
+	    tot = 0;
+	    break;				/* read error! */
+	}
+	if (n == 0) {
+	    if(rbuf == (char*)0)
+		tot = 0;			/* process died between our open and read */
+	    break;				/* we're done */
 	}
-	if (end_of_file && buf[n-1])		/* last read char not null */
-	    buf[n++] = '\0';			/* so append null-terminator */
 	rbuf = xrealloc(rbuf, tot + n);		/* allocate more memory */
 	memcpy(rbuf + tot, buf, n);		/* copy buffer into it */
 	tot += n;				/* increment total byte ctr */
-	if (end_of_file)
-	    break;
-    }
+#if defined(PROC_READ_MAY_EINTR) && (PROC_READ_MAY_EINTR > 0)
+    } while (n > 0);
+#else
+    } while (n == (sizeof(buf) - 1));
+#endif
+
     close(fd);
-    if (n <= 0 && !end_of_file) {
-	if (rbuf) free(rbuf);
-	return NULL;		/* read error */
+
+    if (tot == 0) {
+	if (rbuf)
+	    free(rbuf);
+	return NULL;				/* read error? */
     }
+
+    if (rbuf[tot-1]) {				/* last read char not null */
+	rbuf = xrealloc(rbuf, tot + 1);		/* allocate more memory */
+	rbuf[tot++] = '\0';			/* and append null-terminator */
+    }
+
     endbuf = rbuf + tot;			/* count space for pointers */
     align = (sizeof(char*)-1) - ((tot + sizeof(char*)-1) & (sizeof(char*)-1));
     for (c = 0, p = rbuf; p < endbuf; p++)
@@ -482,7 +500,7 @@ int read_cmdline(char *restrict const ds
     unsigned n = 0;
     dst[0] = '\0';
     snprintf(name, sizeof name, "/proc/%u/cmdline", pid);
-    fd = open(name, O_RDONLY);
+    fd = open(name, O_RDONLY, O_NOATIME);
     if(fd==-1) return 0;
     for(;;){
         ssize_t r = read(fd,dst+n,sz-n);