1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/clientloop.c b/clientloop.c
index 325657ba2..f6c1444a3 100644
--- a/clientloop.c
+++ b/clientloop.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: clientloop.c,v 1.230 2011/01/16 11:50:05 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: clientloop.c,v 1.231 2011/01/16 12:05:59 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -1590,25 +1590,23 @@ client_loop(int have_pty, int escape_char_arg, int ssh2_chan_id)
         }
 
         /* Output any buffered data for stdout. */
-        while (buffer_len(&stdout_buffer) > 0) {
+        if (buffer_len(&stdout_buffer) > 0) {
                 len = atomicio(vwrite, fileno(stdout),
                     buffer_ptr(&stdout_buffer), buffer_len(&stdout_buffer));
-                if (len != buffer_len(&stdout_buffer)) {
+                if (len < 0 || (u_int)len != buffer_len(&stdout_buffer))
                         error("Write failed flushing stdout buffer.");
-                        break;
-                }
-                buffer_consume(&stdout_buffer, len);
+                else
+                        buffer_consume(&stdout_buffer, len);
         }
 
         /* Output any buffered data for stderr. */
-        while (buffer_len(&stderr_buffer) > 0) {
+        if (buffer_len(&stderr_buffer) > 0) {
                 len = atomicio(vwrite, fileno(stderr),
                     buffer_ptr(&stderr_buffer), buffer_len(&stderr_buffer));
-                if (len != buffer_len(&stderr_buffer)) {
+                if (len < 0 || (u_int)len != buffer_len(&stderr_buffer))
                         error("Write failed flushing stderr buffer.");
-                        break;
-                }
-                buffer_consume(&stderr_buffer, len);
+                else
+                        buffer_consume(&stderr_buffer, len);
         }
 
         /* Clear and free any buffers. */