1 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 175f363ec92..a826ac1f94a 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -3573,7 +3573,6 @@ by calling `format-decode', which see.  */)
         report_file_error ("Opening input file", Fcons (orig_filename, Qnil));
       mtime = time_error_value (save_errno);
       st.st_size = -1;
-      how_much = 0;
       if (!NILP (Vcoding_system_for_read))
         Fset (Qbuffer_file_coding_system, Vcoding_system_for_read);
       goto notfound;
@@ -4008,30 +4007,25 @@ by calling `format-decode', which see.  */)
         report_file_error ("Setting file position",
                            Fcons (orig_filename, Qnil));
 
-      total = st.st_size;       /* Total bytes in the file.  */
-      how_much = 0;             /* Bytes read from file so far.  */
       inserted = 0;             /* Bytes put into CONVERSION_BUFFER so far.  */
       unprocessed = 0;          /* Bytes not processed in previous loop.  */
 
       GCPRO1 (conversion_buffer);
-      while (how_much < total)
+      while (1)
         {
-          /* We read one bunch by one (READ_BUF_SIZE bytes) to allow
-             quitting while reading a huge while.  */
-          /* `try'' is reserved in some compilers (Microsoft C).  */
-          int trytry = min (total - how_much, READ_BUF_SIZE - unprocessed);
+          /* Read at most READ_BUF_SIZE bytes at a time, to allow
+             quitting while reading a huge file.  */
 
           /* Allow quitting out of the actual I/O.  */
           immediate_quit = 1;
           QUIT;
-          this = emacs_read (fd, read_buf + unprocessed, trytry);
+          this = emacs_read (fd, read_buf + unprocessed,
+                             READ_BUF_SIZE - unprocessed);
           immediate_quit = 0;
 
           if (this <= 0)
             break;
 
-          how_much += this;
-
           BUF_TEMP_SET_PT (XBUFFER (conversion_buffer),
                            BUF_Z (XBUFFER (conversion_buffer)));
           decode_coding_c_string (&coding, (unsigned char *) read_buf,
@@ -4048,9 +4042,6 @@ by calling `format-decode', which see.  */)
          so defer the removal till we reach the `handled' label.  */
       deferred_remove_unwind_protect = 1;
 
-      /* At this point, HOW_MUCH should equal TOTAL, or should be <= 0
-         if we couldn't read the file.  */
-
       if (this < 0)
         error ("IO error reading %s: %s",
                SDATA (orig_filename), emacs_strerror (errno));