assert(FD >= 0 && "File already closed.");
pos += Size;
- // The maximum write size is limited to INT32_MAX. A write
- // greater than SSIZE_MAX is implementation-defined in POSIX,
- // and Windows _write requires 32 bit input.
- size_t MaxWriteSize = INT32_MAX;
+ // The maximum write size is limited to SSIZE_MAX because a write
+ // greater than SSIZE_MAX is implementation-defined in POSIX.
+ // Since SSIZE_MAX is not portable, we use SIZE_MAX >> 1 instead.
+ size_t MaxWriteSize = SIZE_MAX >> 1;
#if defined(__linux__)
// It is observed that Linux returns EINVAL for a very large write (>2G).