+/*
+ * Append padding to the file pointed by the file descriptor fd.
+ */
+static int write_padding_to_file(int fd, uint32_t size)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+ char *zeros;
+
+ if (size == 0) {
+ goto end;
+ }
+
+ zeros = zmalloc(size);
+ if (zeros == NULL) {
+ PERROR("zmalloc zeros for padding");
+ ret = -1;
+ goto end;
+ }
+
+ do {
+ ret = write(fd, zeros, size);
+ } while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ PERROR("write padding to file");
+ }
+
+end:
+ return ret;
+}
+