3 files changed, 7 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-send.c b/src/journal/journal-send.c
index 960c5776b0..ca9199f718 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-send.c
+++ b/src/journal/journal-send.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ _public_ int sd_journal_sendv(const struct iovec *iov, int n) {
         if (buffer_fd < 0)
                 return buffer_fd;
 
-        n = writev_safe(buffer_fd, w, j);
+        n = writev(buffer_fd, w, j);
         if (n < 0) {
                 close_nointr_nofail(buffer_fd);
                 return -errno;
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index 2b91ef8a8f..30512d1646 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -6093,24 +6093,6 @@ int getpeersec(int fd, char **ret) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-int writev_safe(int fd, const struct iovec *w, int j) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < j; i++) {
-                size_t written = 0;
-
-                while (written < w[i].iov_len) {
-                        ssize_t r;
-
-                        r = write(fd, (char*) w[i].iov_base + written, w[i].iov_len - written);
-                        if (r < 0 && errno != -EINTR)
-                                return -errno;
-
-                        written += r;
-                }
-        }
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
 int mkostemp_safe(char *pattern, int flags) {
         unsigned long tries = TMP_MAX;
         char *s;
diff --git a/src/test/test-util.c b/src/test/test-util.c
index 43bb0249a2..9d6f4be502 100644
--- a/src/test/test-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-util.c
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ static void test_in_set(void) {
         assert_se(!IN_SET(0, 1, 2, 3, 4));
 }
 
-static void test_writev_safe(void) {
-        char name[] = "/tmp/test-writev_safe.XXXXXX";
+static void test_writing_tmpfile(void) {
+        char name[] = "/tmp/test-systemd_writing_tmpfile.XXXXXX";
         _cleanup_free_ char *contents;
         size_t size;
         int fd, r;
@@ -592,10 +592,10 @@ static void test_writev_safe(void) {
         IOVEC_SET_STRING(iov[2], "");
 
         fd = mkostemp_safe(name, O_RDWR|O_CLOEXEC);
-        printf("test_writev_safe: %s", name);
+        printf("tmpfile: %s", name);
 
-        r = writev_safe(fd, iov, 3);
-        assert(r == 0);
+        r = writev(fd, iov, 3);
+        assert(r >= 0);
 
         r = read_full_file(name, &contents, &size);
         assert(r == 0);
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         test_fstab_node_to_udev_node();
         test_get_files_in_directory();
         test_in_set();
-        test_writev_safe();
+        test_writing_tmpfile();
 
         return 0;
 }