void read_work(size_t const count, std::vector<char>& result)
        {
            if (fd_ < 0 || count <= 0)
            {
                return;
            }

            std::unique_ptr<char[]> sp(new char[count]);
            ssize_t len = pvfs_read(fd_, sp.get(), count);

            if (len == 0)
            {
                return;
            }

            result.assign(sp.get(), sp.get() + len);
        }
void ADIOI_PVFS_ReadContig(ADIO_File fd, void *buf, int count, 
                     MPI_Datatype datatype, int file_ptr_type,
		     ADIO_Offset offset, ADIO_Status *status, int *error_code)
{
    int err=-1, datatype_size, len;
    static char myname[] = "ADIOI_PVFS_READCONTIG";

    MPI_Type_size(datatype, &datatype_size);
    len = datatype_size * count;

    if (file_ptr_type == ADIO_EXPLICIT_OFFSET) {
	if (fd->fp_sys_posn != offset) {
#ifdef ADIOI_MPE_LOGGING
            MPE_Log_event( ADIOI_MPE_lseek_a, 0, NULL );
#endif
	    pvfs_lseek64(fd->fd_sys, offset, SEEK_SET);
#ifdef ADIOI_MPE_LOGGING
            MPE_Log_event( ADIOI_MPE_lseek_b, 0, NULL );
#endif
        }
#ifdef ADIOI_MPE_LOGGING
        MPE_Log_event( ADIOI_MPE_read_a, 0, NULL );
#endif
	err = pvfs_read(fd->fd_sys, buf, len);
#ifdef ADIOI_MPE_LOGGING
        MPE_Log_event( ADIOI_MPE_read_b, 0, NULL );
#endif
	if (err>0)
		fd->fp_sys_posn = offset + err;
	/* individual file pointer not updated */        
    }
    else {  /* read from curr. location of ind. file pointer */
	if (fd->fp_sys_posn != fd->fp_ind) {
#ifdef ADIOI_MPE_LOGGING
            MPE_Log_event( ADIOI_MPE_lseek_a, 0, NULL );
#endif
	    pvfs_lseek64(fd->fd_sys, fd->fp_ind, SEEK_SET);
#ifdef ADIOI_MPE_LOGGING
            MPE_Log_event( ADIOI_MPE_lseek_b, 0, NULL );
#endif
        }
#ifdef ADIOI_MPE_LOGGING
        MPE_Log_event( ADIOI_MPE_read_a, 0, NULL );
#endif
	err = pvfs_read(fd->fd_sys, buf, len);
#ifdef ADIOI_MPE_LOGGING
        MPE_Log_event( ADIOI_MPE_read_b, 0, NULL );
#endif
	if (err > 0)
		fd->fp_ind += err; 
	fd->fp_sys_posn = fd->fp_ind;
    }         

#ifdef HAVE_STATUS_SET_BYTES
    if (err != -1) MPIR_Status_set_bytes(status, datatype, err);
#endif

    if (err == -1) {
	*error_code = MPIO_Err_create_code(MPI_SUCCESS, MPIR_ERR_RECOVERABLE,
					   myname, __LINE__, MPI_ERR_IO,
					   "**io",
					   "**io %s", strerror(errno));
    }
    else *error_code = MPI_SUCCESS;
}