-/* Wrapper around pread() that keep retrying until all requested bytes have been
- * read or until end-of file has occurred. This also transparently handle
- * reading from pipe files, but the caller needs to be sure the requested offset
- * is greater than or equal to the current offset, or else
+/* Wrapper around pread() that checks for errors and keeps retrying until all
+ * requested bytes have been read or until end-of file has occurred. This also
+ * transparently handle reading from pipe files, but the caller needs to be sure
+ * the requested offset is greater than or equal to the current offset, or else