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diff --git a/libc/stdio/_WRITE.c b/libc/stdio/_WRITE.c
index 4011b7180..6af5da8e4 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/_WRITE.c
+++ b/libc/stdio/_WRITE.c
@@ -57,14 +57,30 @@ size_t attribute_hidden __stdio_WRITE(register FILE *stream,
#endif
todo -= rv;
buf += rv;
- } else
-#ifdef __UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY__
-#warning EINTR?
-#endif
-/* if (errno != EINTR) */
- {
+ } else {
+
__STDIO_STREAM_SET_ERROR(stream);
+ /* We buffer data on "transient" errors, but discard it
+ * on "hard" ones. Example of a hard error:
+ *
+ * close(fileno(stdout));
+ * printf("Hi there 1\n"); // EBADF
+ * dup2(good_fd, fileno(stdout));
+ * printf("Hi there 2\n"); // buffers new data
+ *
+ * This program should not print "Hi there 1" to good_fd.
+ * The rationale is that the caller of writing operation
+ * should check for error and act on it.
+ * If he didn't, then future users of the stream
+ * have no idea what to do.
+ * It's least confusing to at least not burden them with
+ * some hidden buffered crap in the buffer.
+ */
+ if (errno != EINTR && errno != EAGAIN) {
+ /* do we have other "soft" errors? */
+ break;
+ }
#ifdef __STDIO_BUFFERS
stodo = __STDIO_STREAM_BUFFER_SIZE(stream);
if (stodo != 0) {