2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/yosys.cc b/kernel/yosys.cc
index ad0aa5a6d..d4365ee00 100644
--- a/kernel/yosys.cc
+++ b/kernel/yosys.cc
@@ -97,6 +97,22 @@ std::string vstringf(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	return string;
 }
 
+int readsome(std::istream &f, char *s, int n)
+{
+	int rc = f.readsome(s, n);
+
+	// f.readsome() sometimes returns 0 on a non-empty stream..
+	if (rc == 0) {
+		int c = f.get();
+		if (c != EOF) {
+			*s = c;
+			rc = 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 std::string next_token(std::string &text, const char *sep)
 {
 	size_t pos_begin = text.find_first_not_of(sep);
diff --git a/kernel/yosys.h b/kernel/yosys.h
index b9182c1df..11f356adc 100644
--- a/kernel/yosys.h
+++ b/kernel/yosys.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ namespace RTLIL {
 
 std::string stringf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 std::string vstringf(const char *fmt, va_list ap);
+int readsome(std::istream &f, char *s, int n);
 std::string next_token(std::string &text, const char *sep);
 bool patmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string);
 int run_command(const std::string &command, std::function<void(const std::string&)> process_line = std::function<void(const std::string&)>());