+static __inline__ ssize_t patient_send(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, int flags)
+{
+ const char *bufc = (const char *) buf;
+ int result;
+
+ for(;;) {
+ result = send(fd, bufc, count, flags);
+ if(result == -1 && errno == EINTR) {
+ continue;
+ }
+ if(result <= 0) {
+ return result;
+ }
+ count -= result;
+ bufc += result;
+
+ if(count == 0) {
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return bufc-(const char *)buf;
+}
+