2 files changed, 13 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/lib/util/padd_file.c b/lib/util/padd_file.c
index 8598b8b..2f1ea9a 100644
--- a/lib/util/padd_file.c
+++ b/lib/util/padd_file.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ int padd_file(int outfd, uint64_t size, size_t blocksize)
 	size_t padd_sz = size % blocksize;
 	int status = -1;
 	uint8_t *buffer;
-	ssize_t ret;
 
 	if (padd_sz == 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -20,21 +19,15 @@ int padd_file(int outfd, uint64_t size, size_t blocksize)
 	if (buffer == NULL)
 		goto fail_errno;
 
-	ret = write_retry(outfd, buffer, padd_sz);
-
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto fail_errno;
-
-	if ((size_t)ret < padd_sz)
-		goto fail_trunc;
+	if (write_data("padding output file to block size",
+		       outfd, buffer, padd_sz)) {
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	status = 0;
 out:
 	free(buffer);
 	return status;
-fail_trunc:
-	fputs("padding output to block size: truncated write\n", stderr);
-	goto out;
 fail_errno:
 	perror("padding output file to block size");
 	goto out;
diff --git a/lib/util/write_retry.c b/lib/util/write_data.c
index 0ef856c..82f3aca 100644
--- a/lib/util/write_retry.c
+++ b/lib/util/write_data.c
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later */
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #include "util.h"
 
-ssize_t write_retry(int fd, const void *data, size_t size)
+int write_data(const char *errstr, int fd, const void *data, size_t size)
 {
-	ssize_t ret, total = 0;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	while (size > 0) {
 		ret = write(fd, data, size);
-		if (ret == 0)
-			break;
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: write truncated\n", errstr);
+			return -1;
+		}
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			if (errno == EINTR)
 				continue;
+			perror(errstr);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		data = (const char *)data + ret;
 		size -= ret;
-		total += ret;
 	}
 
-	return total;
+	return 0;
 }