+int write_current_subbuffer(struct buffer_info *buf)
+{
+ int result;
+
+ void *subbuf_mem = buf->mem + (buf->consumed_old & (buf->n_subbufs * buf->subbuf_size-1));
+
+ size_t cur_sb_size = subbuffer_data_size(subbuf_mem);
+
+ result = patient_write(buf->file_fd, subbuf_mem, cur_sb_size);
+ if(result == -1) {
+ PERROR("write");
+ /* FIXME: maybe drop this trace */
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+