Add an "append flag" to base::PlatformFile.

base/platform_file_posix.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "base/platform_file.h"
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
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       *error = PLATFORM_FILE_ERROR_FAILED;
     return kInvalidPlatformFileValue;
   }
 
   if (flags & PLATFORM_FILE_WRITE && flags & PLATFORM_FILE_READ) {
     open_flags |= O_RDWR;
   } else if (flags & PLATFORM_FILE_WRITE) {
     open_flags |= O_WRONLY;
   } else if (!(flags & PLATFORM_FILE_READ) &&
              !(flags & PLATFORM_FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES) &&
+             !(flags & PLATFORM_FILE_APPEND) &&
              !(flags & PLATFORM_FILE_OPEN_ALWAYS)) {
     NOTREACHED();
   }
 
   if (flags & PLATFORM_FILE_TERMINAL_DEVICE)
     open_flags |= O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY;
 
+  if (flags & PLATFORM_FILE_APPEND && flags & PLATFORM_FILE_READ)
+    open_flags |= O_APPEND | O_RDWR;
+  else if (flags & PLATFORM_FILE_APPEND)
+    open_flags |= O_APPEND | O_WRONLY;
+
   COMPILE_ASSERT(O_RDONLY == 0, O_RDONLY_must_equal_zero);
 
   int mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
   mode |= S_IRGRP | S_IROTH;
 #endif
 
   int descriptor =
       HANDLE_EINTR(open(name.value().c_str(), open_flags, mode));
 
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   base::ThreadRestrictions::AssertIOAllowed();
   if (file < 0 || size < 0)
     return -1;
 
   return HANDLE_EINTR(read(file, data, size));
 }
 
 int WritePlatformFile(PlatformFile file, int64 offset,
                       const char* data, int size) {
   base::ThreadRestrictions::AssertIOAllowed();
+
+  if (fcntl(file, F_GETFL) & O_APPEND)
+    return WritePlatformFileAtCurrentPos(file, data, size);
+
   if (file < 0 || size < 0)
     return -1;
 
   int bytes_written = 0;
   int rv;
   do {
     rv = HANDLE_EINTR(pwrite(file, data + bytes_written,
                              size - bytes_written, offset + bytes_written));
     if (rv <= 0)
       break;
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     default:
 #if !defined(OS_NACL)  // NaCl build has no metrics code.
       UMA_HISTOGRAM_SPARSE_SLOWLY("PlatformFile.UnknownErrors.Posix",
                                   saved_errno);
 #endif
       return PLATFORM_FILE_ERROR_FAILED;
   }
 }
 
 }  // namespace base